2022 General Election: 72 hours of negotiations not easy – Ro Teimumu

Former leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), Ro Teimumu Kepa says the 72 hours of negotiations between The People’s Alliance/National Federation Party and FijiFirst party was not an easy one.

Speaking at the news conference yesterday, she said the lengthy meeting was an indicator of how serious and crucial the meeting was.

“It has not been an easy 72 hours,” Ro Teimumu said.

“We’ve had three management board meetings but that is an indicator of how serious and how crucial and how important it was for us to make the right decision.

“We are factoring in the stability of our country, the way the people have asked us to look at the areas that we needed to look at in terms of where we were to vote today. We hope that the way ahead is going to be one that will bring good news to people in terms of the stability of our country, all the things that we’ve been mindful of and complaining about for the last 16 years.”

Ro Teimumu also took time to thank her party supporters.

“I would like to thank our SODELPA supporters who came through and gave us three seats, which became very crucial in terms of determining the way ahead. We wish our parliamentarians especially the new coalition, that is the People’s Alliance Party, and the NFP and SODELPA, we wish them all the best and we just ask you to keep them in your prayers.”