Mohammad Apisai Vuniyayawa Tora is a former Fijian politician, soldier, and trade unionist. As a labour leader, he was a fighter for dock workers. As a soldier, he served in Malaya and later served as President of the Ex-Servicemen's League.
Tora held a variety of political positions, the last being as a Senator from 2001 to 2006. A convert to Islam, he represents a small minority in both the indigenous Fijian and Muslim communities, the great majority of Muslims being Indo-Fijian. On 27 September 2005, he was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for offenses related to the Fiji coup of 2000. Wikipedia
Senate speech, 24 August 2004 (excerpts)
“(The Constitution is) nothing less than a fraud on the Fijian people.”
Senate speech, 24 August 2004 (excerpts)
Senate speech, 24 August 2004 (excerpts)
Senate speech, 24 August 2004 (excerpts)
Senate speech, 24 August 2004 (excerpts)
