Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Opposition Leader Sitiveni Rabuka look set to have another head to head clash in the next general elections come 2022.
The two men are both former army commanders and Mr Rabuka is also a former prime minister from 1992 to 1999.
The Social Democratic Liberal Party leader, Mr Rabuka, 72, in an interview last week, confirmed his political career was not over yet despite his age.
“Yes, I have applied for the party leader’s position and I will apply for a ticket in the next general election, whether I form the next government or the Opposition.
Meanwhile, Mr Bainimarama, 66, has made a statement confirming he will work hard to get a third term in office.
He won the 2014 and 2018 general elections and won most votes in both these polls.
“As the leader of FijiFirst, I am appointed under our party’s constitution, like all our office bearers. And I will once again work hard to earn the votes of the Fijian people when I lead FijiFirst into the next elections,” Mr Bainimarama said in a statement released by the Ministry of Information yesterday.
The PM polled 167,732 votes in the 2018 elections while Mr Rabuka polled 77,040 votes to come second.
In Parliament, FijiFirst has 27 seats, SODELPA has 21 seats while the National Federation Party has three seats.
