Leader of Opposition, Sitiveni Rabuka says the two extraordinary events, the COVID-19 pandemic and Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold has brought our nation to its knees.
In his Easter Message, Rabuka says those suffering disproportionately include the vulnerable members of our community including the elderly, the sick, the poor and those who are unemployed and their families.
Rabuka says in the aftermath of TC Harold, more of our citizens are homeless and traumatised and it falls on those of us who are able to help them, to do our best, where we can, to come together as a nation and to help them.
He says let us continue to fast and pray for those who have lost their homes, those injured by TC Harold, for the breadwinners who have lost their jobs, and those who are sick including those with COVID-19, those in isolation and quarantine and those at risk as well as their families.
The Leader of Opposition adds let us also keep in our prayers the doctors, nurses, medical personnel on the frontline of the war against COVID-19, as well as the emergency and rehabilitation service personnel leading the rehabilitation effort for TC Harold, and the police and military personnel implementing the lockdown and curfew to protect us all against COVID-19.
Rabuka further says we must reach out to those in need this Easter and beyond, let us all give generously to those who are suffering.
He says we must continue to pray that all our national leaders rise to the challenge and come together for the promotion of unity and shared responsibility.
Rabuka further adds our Easter celebration this year is very different as public worship is suspended and we are confined to our homes.
He says this is an act of love to protect our families, our community and our nation against the threat of the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Rabuka says we must not lose hope, instead we must reaffirm our belief in the eternal hope of resurrection which is the message of Easter.
