The Fiji Labour Party says the interim prime minister should hold a national referendum to give legitimacy to his claims that people want elections deferred beyond 2014.
Last week, Commodore Frank Bainimarama said the people of Fiji were urging him to delay his election plans.
He said people were happy with the regime's focus on infrastructure development, agriculture, tourism, health and education.
But the Labour Party leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, says the feedback his party is getting is quite different
"People are quite disillusioned with the ever escalating cost of living hitting them hard. They would like to return to normality. They would like elections and constitutional rule. They want to be free to speak up, they want media freedom and at the moment they feel oppressed."
Mahendra Chaudhry says there should be inclusive political dialogue to move towards early elections, but this is not happening at the moment.
