Inoke Kubuabola

Who is Inoke Kubuabola?

Ratu Inoke Kubuabola is a Fijian politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in 1999 and 2000. He became leader of the Fijian Political Party following its defeat in the 1999 election and the subsequent resignation of its leader, the defeated Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, from Parliament. According to the Constitution, every political party with more than eight seats in the House of Representatives was entitled to representation in the Cabinet, but Rabuka made demands unacceptable to the Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry. Rather than take up cabinet posts on terms acceptable to Chaudhry, the SVT decided to form the Opposition instead.