Fiji leader sworn in for 4 more years after winning election

Fiji’s leader has been sworn in for another four years after winning an election with a reduced majority, after earlier lashing out at his opponents.

Voreqe Bainimarama was affirmed prime minister in a ceremony Tuesday after his FijiFirst Party won just over half the votes in last week’s election, giving them 27 seats in Fiji’s 51-seat parliament.

Bainimarama first seized power in a military coup in 2006 and refashioned himself as a legitimate leader after winning an election in 2014.

Bainimarama said in a statement the people who “ganged up” against him were the same dishonest politicians from the past whose “lies and deception knew no boundaries” and who were willing to create economic chaos to win power.