FILE PHOTO: Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji and president of the COP23, takes off his hat at the start of the final session of the U.N. Climate Change Conference 2017 hosted by Fiji but held in Bonn, Germany, November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two former coup leaders are seen as the leading contenders in Fiji's general election on Wednesday, the second to be held since 2006 when then-commander of the armed forces Frank Bainimarama seized power.
The former British colony of more than 300 Pacific islands, with a population of about 910,000, was suspended from the British Commonwealth and isolated diplomatically after the bloodless coup.
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