A full group of nearly 90 election observers is now on the ground in Fiji ahead of Wednesday's general election, the first in more than eight years.
All campaigning has now ended and there is a media blackout on any political reporting.
From Suva, Philippa Tolley reports.
"The international group of observers come from at least a dozen different countries including Japan, Israel, Russia as well as New Zealand, Australia and neighbouring Pacific countries. Some of the team have been in Fiji since the middle of last month and have been observing the early voting that has been going on in remote areas. The joint leader of the team, Peter Reith, says they're there to ensure the election is above board and to do that observers have been out speaking to the people. 'I think we can say fairly that we have not seen any evidence of fraud or corruption, but that's not to say we are non listening - we are listening.' Peter Reith says his group will have preliminary findings the day after voting."
Peter Reith and Wahid Supriyadi Photo: supplied
