SODELPA formally endorsed leader Aseri Radrodro as “our Prime Minister of Fiji’s future, come what may” and approved its Financial Annual Year 2025 Audit Report at a well-attended Management Board Meeting and Special General Meeting held at Kalabu Village Community Hall on Saturday. The gathering, described by the party as a “smooth assembly,” drew more than 180 financial members and brought senior party ministers together to sign off on both financial and political direction.
Central to the meeting was the presentation and adoption of SODELPA’s 2025 audit, which members scrutinised before unanimously endorsing it for submission to the Registrar of Political Parties next week. Party officials said lodging the audit is a compliance step ahead of other regulatory deadlines and signals an emphasis on transparency and good governance within the organisation.
The meeting was attended by high-profile SODELPA figures, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka, Party Leader and Minister for Education Aseri Radrodro, and Minister for iTaukei Affairs Ifereimi Vasu. Their presence reinforced the party’s message of internal unity, with members using the Special General Meeting to reaffirm leadership and collective strategy as SODELPA positions itself for forthcoming political challenges.
In a statement released after the meeting, the party framed the endorsement of Radrodro as part of a broader narrative of renewal and representation. “SODELPA has been looking after Fiji, its indigenous peoples for 25 years… this is their political party, this is your political party,” the statement read, referencing the party’s quarter-century history and its role representing iTaukei, Indo-Fijians, Rotumans and other communities.
The statement also stressed a governance-focused agenda: “We keep building together. With integrity, we shall lead, with unity we shall govern. We will right all those past and these current wrongs.” Party officials said the strong turnout at Kalabu Village underlined continued grassroots backing for that agenda and for the leadership team tasked with implementing it.
Party sources characterized the meeting as “the beginning of it all,” signalling that formalising the audit submission and publicly endorsing Radrodro are preparatory steps for a period of heightened organisational activity. While no immediate policy announcements were made at the Kalabu gathering, the twin moves — financial compliance and leadership affirmation — mark the latest development in SODELPA’s internal consolidation and public positioning.
SODELPA will forward the adopted Financial Annual Year 2025 Audit Report to the Registrar of Political Parties next week, a procedural milestone that party officials say will allow them to focus on membership mobilisation and policy planning at the grassroots level. The party’s public declaration of Radrodro as its future prime minister underscores its intent to present a unified front as it prepares for whatever political contests lie ahead.