HOPE (Humanity Opportunity Prosperity Equality) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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. The party was led by former

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president

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, and supported multiculturalism, a higher minimum wage, and the de-politicisation of the office of Attorney-General. The party was formed in March 2017 and immediately began campaigning for signatures for registration. It applied for registration as a political party on July 4, 2018, and was registered on July 26. The party ran 28 candidates in the

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, 18 of which were women. It was the only Fijian party running a majority of female candidates. It ruled out forming a coalition with the

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, as the party is led by 1987 coup leader

Sitiveni Rabuka Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, (; born 13 September 1948) is a Fijian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Fiji since 24 December 2022. He was the instigator of two military coups in 1987. He was democratically elected as Prime Ministe ...

. The party failed to win any seats, winning only 2,811 votes. It was deregistered and effectively banned by the Fijian government in February 2022.

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