Prem_Singh_(Fijian_politician)

Prem Singh (Fijian politician)

Prem Singh (Fijian politician)

Fijian politician

Prem Singh is an Indo-Fijian politician and a former member of the Fijian Parliament. He is a member of the National Federation Party (NFP).

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Singh was educated in Fiji and at Wellington Polytechnic in New Zealand.[1] He served three terms on the Nadi town council, and was deputy mayor from 1999 to 2001.[2] He is a founding member of the Fiji Cane Growers Association.[2]

Singh contested the 2001 election for the NFP, winning the Nadi Open constituency and becoming the only member of his party to win a seat in the House of Representatives of Fiji. He was subsequently appointed Leader of the Opposition,[3] after Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry declined the office. In February 2002 he lost his seat after an election petition.[4] Singh appealed this decision to the Supreme Court which ruled that even though the ruling was incorrect, the Constitution did not allow for the appeal of a Court of Disputed Returns ruling.[5] He was replaced as Leader of the Opposition by Mick Beddoes.[6]

Singh was re-elected to Parliament in the 2014 election, winning 1125 votes.[7][3]

In September 2016 the High Court found that Singh had violated the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Decree 2013 by under declaring value of estate held in Nadi.[8] The finding was later upheld by the Court of Appeal, and referred to the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption.[9]

Singh gained only 926 votes in the 2018 election and was not re-elected. He contested the 2022 election, winning 642 votes,[10] but again missed out on re-election.

References

  1. [1]
    "Vote Prem Singh" (PDF). NFP. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    "People: Prem Singh of Nadi". National Federation Party. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. [3]
    Aqela Susu (27 September 2014). "Singh Eyes Effective Opposition". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. [4]
    Prasad v Singh, 2002 FJHC 8 (High Court of Fiji 2002-02-08).
  5. [5]
    "Fiji prime minister wants by-election after Prem Singh's ousting". RNZ. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. [6]
    "New opposition leader in Fiji". RNZ. 30 October 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. [7]
    "2014 Election Results". Fiji Elections Office. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  8. [8]
    Jyoti Pratibha (9 September 2016). "COURT: MP Guilty Of Breaches". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  9. [9]
    Jyoti Pratibha (6 October 2018). "Court battle reveals that National Federation Party Provisional Candidate Falsified the Value of His Late Father's Estate". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Prem Singh (336)". Fijian Elections Office. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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