“The reconciliation that has been undertaken today will be worthless if investigations into the coup do not reveal the truth behind the staging.”

—  Kamisese Mara

(Attributed to him by his daughter, Adi Koila Nailatikau in a Senate speech http://www.parliament.gov.fj/hansard/viewhansard.aspx?hansardID=266&viewtype=full, 22 October 2004).
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