Justice and Freedom Party (Fiji)

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The Justice and Freedom Party (JFP) is a minor political party in Fiji. It was formed in 2000 to promote the interests of the Indo-Fijian community, and contested the parliamentary election of 2001, but garnered less than 0.1 percent of the popular vote and won no constituencies. With some 76 percent of Indo-Fijians voting for the Fiji Labour Party and 22 percent for the National Federation Party, the JFP was squeezed out.

In the 2006 elections, the party intended to run candidates in all 19 communal constituencies allocated to Indo-Fijians, and on 3 April published a manifesto promising to petition the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations to press the United Kingdom and Australia to accept responsibility for bringing Indians to Fiji during the colonial era. It also promised a F$10 million scholarship for Indo-Fijian students. The party would also push for dual citizenship to be allowed for Indo-Fijians living in Australia and the United Kingdom, and for British passports to be restored to Indo-Fijians living in Fiji, JFP General Secretary Dildar Shah said.

On 7 April, however, it was announced that the JFP had decided to merge with the multiracial National Alliance Party of Fiji under the leadership of Ratu Epeli Ganilau. Some JFP members, including Shah, would contest the forthcoming election on 6-13 May for the Alliance, Ganilau said.

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)