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Fiji's fourth constitution, the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, was signed into law by President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau on 6 September 2013, coming into effect immediately.[1][2] It is the first to eliminate race-based electoral rolls, race-based seat quotas, district-based representation, the unelected upper chamber, and the role of the hereditary Council of Chiefs. It vests sole legislative authority in a single-chamber, 50-seat, at-large Parliament, to be first convened following general elections in 2014.[3] It is also the first ever to grant the right to multiple citizenship (in effect since 2009 by decree,[4][5] on abrogation of the 1997 constitution), and lowers the voting age to 18.
- ^ "President signs long-awaited Fiji constitution into law" Australia Network News, September 19, 2013
- ^ "Fiji: New Constitution Signed into Law" Library of Congress, Global Legal Monitor, September 9, 2013
- ^ "2013 Constitution". Elections Fiji. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ "Citizenship". Fiji Department of Immigration. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ "2009 Citizenship Decree (PDF)" (PDF). Fiji Department of Immigration. Retrieved 25 October 2013.[permanent dead link]