A Needs Assessment Team has now been set up to analyze everything that is needed to ensure that free, fair and credible elections is held by September next year.
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said representatives from the European Union, the Commonwealth and Elections Office NZ will carry out the Needs Assessment from Monday and submit a report in two weeks.
Sayed-Khaiyum said following this, the donors will decide on what to provide as assistance for elections.
He said a lot has to be done to ensure that the Elections Office is also well equipped and staffed for the 2014 polls and beyond.
Sayed-Khaiyum said the target is to have elections in one day in Fiji for the first time.
We also asked about the assistance offered by countries like the US.
Deputy Chief of Mission of the US embassy, Geoffrey Robertson told Fijivillage in an interview that the US government is ready to provide conditional assistance amounting to USD$1 million to Fiji for the preparation of the 2014 elections.
Sayed-Khaiyum said Fiji welcomes any assistance and the conditions set out are already a given in any democratic elections.
However, he said he is unaware of the amount offered by the US.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
