Fiji's attorney-general has conceded that the country's newly appointed elections supervisor was the second choice for the job, and that none of the applicants met the criteria.
Fiji has given a date for the first democratic elections in the country in eight years.
On Friday, the president Ratu Epeli Nailatikau signed off September the 17th as the day set aside.
The former acting Permanent Secretary for Justice and registrar of political parties, Mohammed Saneem, was then announced as the elections supervisor by the attorney-general and minister responsible for elections, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
Our correspondent in Suva, Ricardo Morris, who was at the announcement, says 13 applications were received for role, with 3 Fijians and 10 foreigners applying.
But he says Mr Sayed-Khaiyum admitted that none of the applicants met a set criteria.
"A panel of consultants who were working with the solicitor general's office and the attorney general found that none of the applicants met the criteria, so they suggested one of the senior consultants from Australia, Laurie McGrath to take over the post, but he was unable to, so the same panel of consultants, according to Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, then recommended Mohammed Saneem."
Our correspondent in Fiji, Ricardo Morris.
