New Nationalist Party (Fiji)

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This article is about the Fijian party. For the United Kingdom party of the same name, see New Nationalist Party (United Kingdom). For the New National Party of South Africa, see New National Party (South Africa).

The New Nationalist Party is a Fijian political party with a strongly nationalist platform, arguing for the paramountcy of indigenous Fijian interests and of the Christian faith, professed by the great majority of indigenous Fijians but relatively few Indo-Fijians, who comprise some 38 percent of the country's population. The party, a splinter from the Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party, was registered on 1 June 2001 and claims to be the heir to the legacy of the late Sakeasi Butadroka and the Fiji Nationalist Party.

In a surprise announcement on 20 January 2006, the party announced that it was dropping its demand for the repatriation of Indo-Fijians to India. Citizens of Indian descent would now be welcome to join the party, said party President Saula Telawa, and to contest the forthcoming election under its banner - provided that they were Christians. Aspiring candidates would need to submit references from a Fijian chief and their local pastor, to prove that they had been born-again Christians for a minimum period of three years, Telawa told the Fiji Sun.

Political Parties in Fiji
Represented in the House of Representatives:	Fiji Labour Party (FLP) \| Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) \| United Peoples Party (UPP)
Represented on municipal councils:	Lighthouse \| National Federation Party (NFP) \| Ratepayers' Associations \| Savusavu Ratepayers and Citizens \| Sunrise Party \| Tavua Ratepayers, Landowners, and Tenants Association
Minor parties:	Dodonu ni Taukei \| Fijian Association Party (FAP) \| Fijian Political Party (SVT) \| General Voters Party (GVP) \| Girmit Heritage Party \| Justice and Freedom Party \| Lio on Famor Rotuman Party \| National Alliance Party (NAP) \| National Democratic Party (NDP) \| Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party (NVTLP) \| New Nationalist Party (NNP)\| People's National Party (PNP) \| Party of the Truth (POTT) \| Parliamentary Organization for Indigenous Fijians (POIF) \| Social Liberal Multicultural Party (SLMP) \| Sugar City Ratepayers Alliance
Historical parties:	Conservative Alliance (CAMV) \| Alliance Party \| All Nationals Congress (ANC) \| Christian Democratic Alliance (VLV) \| Coalition of Independent Nationals (COIN) \| Fiji Democratic Party (FDP) \| Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP) \| National Congress of Fiji \| New Labour Unity Party (NLUP) \| Party of National Unity (PANU) \| Protector of Fiji (BKV) \| Western United Front \| Vanua Tako Lavo Party (VTLP)
Coalitions:	Grand Coalition (2006) \| People's Coalition (1999)