Frank Bainimarama’s nearly 16-year rule has ended with his Fiji First party outdone in negotiations to form a government following last week’s election. That sees Sitiveni Rabuka from the People’s Alliance set to step up after scoring the backing of the right-aligned Social Democrat Liberal Party to form a coalition government, along with support from the centre-left National Federation Party. Bainimarama came to power in a coup in 2006 and later won 2 elections, but he’s long been accused of restricting freedom of speech through media censorship and intimidation. And Rabuka is no stranger to a coup himself… He was the leader of Fiji’s first coup in 1987 and served as PM from 1992-99 – and he founded his new political party last year. Last week, Rabuka was questioned by police after he called for the military to intervene in the election over concerns about the electoral commission’s processes. But things ultimately went his way – he says Fijians have “voted for change, and we have given them that.”