Fijian politicians are making their last-ditch efforts to secure votes ahead of a national election.
The Pacific nation heads to the polls on Wednesday, with a total campaign blackout on Monday and Tuesday.
Campaigning will be sporadic on Sunday, which is a cultural day of rest.
Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama is seeking to extend his prime ministership by another four years, which would take him to two decades at the top of Fijian politics.
Bainimarama instigated a coup in 2006 and installed himself as prime minister the year after.
He took the FijiFirst party to a democratic election in 2014, when he won a majority, and held on again in 2018 after losing five seats.
FijiFirst is relying on Bainimarama's economic credentials and "stable and strong" leadership through COVID-19 to keep him in power.
Bainimarama and his candidates have spruiked a strong tourism-led economic recovery and spoken of greater access to education and electricity as well as better health services and road infrastructure under his stewardship.
"Vote for your families and vote for their future," he told a campaign rally at Laqere markets north of Suva.
His appeal resonated with volunteer Taina, who agreed everyone was moving forward.
"Electricity, water roads - there will be more improvement for Fiji," she told AAP.
Student Ann Ravula praised Bainimarama for the free education that allowed him to attend school.
However, a few kilometres up the road, Bainimarama was being lambasted for failing to prop up essential services and squandering economic gains.
Sitiveni Rabuka is fighting to be reinstalled as prime minister.
He started the People's Alliance party last year after being ousted from the leadership of the opposition Social Democratic Liberal Party, known as SODELPA.
Rabuka instigated the 1987 coup before being democratically elected to lead Fiji through the 1990s.
"I cannot recognise the hospitals I opened. I cannot recognise the roads I cut the ribbon on to declare open," he told hundreds of party faithful at Syria Park north of Suva.
"They're all dilapidated. They all need a lot of repairs that should have been done in the last 16 years."
While both leaders initially installed themselves through coups, Rabuka's supporters said he had apologised and sought forgiveness.
"I've been one of those guilty of those wrongs," he said, speaking of the turmoil Fijians faced in the past.
He said his actions obliged him to work towards a better Fiji.
Bainimarama says Rabuka hasn't changed: "The snake may have shed its skin but it's still a snake."
But People's Alliance volunteer Rejieli Bavadra, the granddaughter of the prime minister Rabuka ousted and someone he later sought forgiveness from, has heeded the former leader's message.
"Everyone makes mistakes and he asked for forgiveness," she told AAP.
"For my future and my children's future, I cannot linger in the past."
Bavadra and others in the crowd - including a 62-year-old candidate who renounced his Australian citizenship after 40 years to run in the election - say they have united behind Rabuka because they want change.
"New brains, new visions, new ideas," psychology student Tuitoga said.
This article was made possible through the Melbourne Press Club's Michael Gordon Journalism Fellowship Program.
