“Communal franchise is wrong in principle and harmful in practice; the time has come in Fiji for all races to get out of the thin water-tight compartments and start thinking in terms of residents of Fiji.”

— A.D. Patel

Statement in defense of common roll (1929).

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Fijian politician 1905–1969

A.D. Patel (1905–1969) Fijian politician

During 1964 budget debate, he called for the establishment of a university in Fiji.

“"Fiji can make a similar report on the US on all those issues. Our report would be far worse than the US state department's report on Fiji." (2 March 2005, reacting to a US State Department report critical on the state of race relations in Fiji).”

Laisenia Qarase (1941) Prime Minister of Fiji

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Laisenia Qarase (1941) Prime Minister of Fiji

Additional remarks about the proposed Reconciliation and Unity Commission, Response to continuing opposition to the Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill, 30 July 2005