Fiji's Opposition Leader has lodged a complaint with the anti-corruption commission over donations made to the ruling FijiFirst Party.
Sitiveni Rabuka is also calling for an investigation into the identity of donors to the FijiFirst.
Fiji's SODELPA leader, Sitiveni Rabuka. Photo: RNZ / Koroi Hawkins
The Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader lodged the complaint with the country's Independent Commission Against Corruption or FICAC last Friday.
The Fiji Times reported Rabuka saying the application of the law is on who can donate and how much people can donate to the party.
The former prime minister said there are certain limitations on who can make donations and how much.
Rabuka said SODELPA's accounts were "looked at and investigated, and all political parties are subject to the same scrutiny".
Bring it on! That's the response from Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
The Fiji Sun newspaper reported Bainimarama said the investigation into the complaints would allow Fijians to get to know the type of person Rabuka was.
A lot of people are not privy to what transpired in 2000, especially his participation in the first couple of days and the events during the November 2, 2000, mutiny at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks, the FijiFirst leader told the Sun.
Earlier this month, Rabuka had said he was considering seeking legal action against Bainimarama for possible defamtion.
At the commemoration of the 2000 mutiny, Bainimarama had likened Rabuka to a snake in the community, adding that some involved in the mutiny were still in parliament.
But Rabuka said the courts had cleared him of charges relating to the mutiny, and after the prosecution's appeal being rejected, the case is closed.
In September, the Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem had called on all political parties to get their finances in order.
The move comes two years out of the general election.
Saneem had said some parties had "wide-scale fundraising activities".
He described some of these activities as being in a "grey area", explaining it had been difficult for his office to identify the source of these funds.
Saneem said a similiar verification of all party funding was carried out prior to the 2018 election.
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