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Graham Everett Leung is a Fijian lawyer and former president of the Fiji Law Society. He was also chairman of the Electoral Commission, and was named as judge advocate of a Court Martial panel to retry 20 soldiers convicted mutiny in relation to the Fiji coup of 2000, but a number of complications left his commissioning in that office outstanding until he was finally approved as judge advocate and commissioned as an army officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel on 4 January 2006.

Privately, Leung was a senior partner at Howards, a commercial law firm in the Fijian capital, Suva. He retired from private practice in June 2009 following the abrogation of the Fijian Constitution. He chose not to renew his licence to practice law after the military backed regime altered the licensing procedure, requiring lawyers to submit their applications for new licences to practice from the office of Chief Registrar of the High Court. Previously, the Law Society issued legal practitioners with practising certificates. Wikipedia  

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Famous Graeme Leung Quotes

“It (democracy) is far more than merely participating in free and fair elections for a new government. It is about playing by a set of rules, respecting those rules and accepting the result even when it may not be what one had hoped for.”

Graeme Leung

Address to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nadi, 8 September 2005

“The creation of a legal eligibility allowing the grant of an amnesty for treason is abhorrent and unacceptable. The Bill was supposed to be a search for the truth behind the tragedy of 2000, but the Bill never once mentions the word "truth."”

Graeme Leung

16 June 2005 parliamentary submission

“Reconciliation and forgiveness are matters of the heart. They cannot be forced on the people.”

Graeme Leung

24 May 2005 letter to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase

“The evidence shows a growing albeit reluctant acceptance of the rule of law. But time, patience and a genuine commitment not just of the country's leaders towards creating an environment that will allow democracy, human rights and the rule of law to flourish, will be required.”

Graeme Leung

Address to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nadi, 8 September 2005

“If the law is bad and unpopular, it is for the people through the ballot box, to show their displeasure. But in a democracy, it is not the business of the military, however well-intentioned, to interfere with the law-making process.”

Graeme Leung

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“Democracy, the rule of law and human rights march hand in hand. These concepts are not well understood by a good portion of the population.”

Graeme Leung

Address to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nadi, 8 September 2005

“If we continue to pardon or excuse the wrongdoers who commit acts of criminality in unsettling an elected government, we don't have any guarantee, do we, that this kind of exercise won't be repeated in the future.”

Graeme Leung

14 June 2005 letter to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase

“It's the way we are - our people show their respect to their leaders by keeping quiet. It is considered rude to speak your mind.”

Graeme Leung

24 May 2005 letter to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase

“These fears (held by indigenous Fijians) must not be ridiculed but understood and addressed. In the final analysis it will be counterproductive to impose democracy on people who have yet to fully understand how it will sit against everything they believe in.”

Graeme Leung

Address to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Nadi, 8 September 2005

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