A community in Fiji at the centre of controversy over support for the country's elections say they're still upset about being duped into signing a petition against holding polls next year.
Village leaders in Nasau on Koro Island say they thought they were giving their consent to a Chinese company planting seaweed in their waters.
They found out later that they had signed a document waiving their fishing rights and saying there was no need for elections.
The United Front for a Democratic Fiji says it is part of an attempt by the Bainimarama regime to defraud villages into supporting a strategy not to hold elections.
A village spokesman, Viliame Nabulewakula, says about 50 villagers unknowingly signed the document.
"The letter said we support the government and there's no need for the election, that the present government is ok and we support it, there's no need for elections. Q: But you do want elections, is that right? Oh yeah, we're looking forward...we support the government but we are looking forward to the election next year."
Viliame Nabulewakula says the villagers still don't know what's behind the letter presented to them by their chief, the Tui Nasau.
