Asesela Ravuvu Quotes

Asesela Ravuvu was a Fijian academic and political leader. The Director of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific, Professor Ravuvu was appointed to the Fijian Senate by the Great Council of Chiefs in 2001, to one of the 14 Senate seats allocated to the Great Council. As of September 2005, he held the position of Leader of the House in the Senate, but retired from this body in 2006.

He is from the Province of Naitasiri and was born and brought up in the highlands of Viti Levu in the village of Nakorosule. He deems himself a "Kai-Colo" meaning from the highlands and remained a true Fijian at heart.till his passing. Wikipedia

✵ 10. May 1931 – 11. March 2008

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Famous Asesela Ravuvu Quotes

“Fijians generally perceive Indians as mean and stingy, crafty and demanding to the extent of being considered greedy, inconsiderate and grasping, uncooperative, egotistic, and calculating.”

Façade of Democracy (1991)

“Indians on the other hand, view Fijians as "jungalis" or bushwhackers, still behind the times and backward, naive and foolish, and generally poor. They are seen as lazy, proud and extravagant, pound-foolish and undependable. These perceptions of each other are nearly always subdued and latent yet only need some slight provocations to bring them to the fore, which at times culminates in open physical confrontations."”

Façade of Democracy (1991)

“(When) the people of the land no longer have the power to select and install their leaders, the chiefs lose their mana or power.”

Interview with Pacific Journalism Online, 28 May 2000

“It is high time that the people are given back the flexibility and power to select and install their leaders who will be accountable to them if they are to prosper and forge ahead in the present modern and increasingly global context.”

Interview with Pacific Journalism Online, 28 May 2000

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