The Registrar of Political Parties has given the three biggest former political parties one week to explain anomalies in their applications to register for the 2014 elections.
The proposed Fiji Labour Party has been formally asked to explain alleged claims of impersonation in the registration of its members in Ba.
The proposed FLP has also been asked to explain why details of its members have been incorrectly stated on its application, including some names that do not exist in the Electronic Voter Registration Database.
The proposed Social Democratic Liberal Party or SODELPA has been asked to explain why details of members of the proposed party are incorrect, including some names that do not exist in the Electronic Voter Registration database.
Meanwhile, the proposed National Federation Party has been asked to explain alleged impersonation claims relating to the registration of members in Kadavu.
The proposed NFP has also been asked to explain anomalies in the registration of members.
Registrar of Political Parties Mohammed Saneem said the three parties have until midday next Friday to submit their formal responses to his office.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
Proposed parties given 1 week to explain anomalies
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