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The critical element is inclusiveness. It is only when the model we adopt and implement is one all can accept, can the prospect of genuine and lasting reconciliation be real.
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Opening address, Fiji Week celebrations, 7 October 2005

 

Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi

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