People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says he is a proud Fijian who will defend the lives of all Fijians because it is the calling of his God to love his neighbour.
Rabuka says for him the constant attacks regarding the events of 1987 is giving him energy, knowing that his opposition are clutching at straws, replaying the same old, sad and even fake news, which simply fuels hate and division in our society.
While responding to Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Rabuka says he knows people were forced by the circumstances during the 1987 coup.
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has said that it is an enormous insult to people seriously affected by the 1987 coup to hear Rabuka say that they are grateful to those that received those that left Fiji after 1987 and gave them better opportunities.
Sayed-Khaiyum says he witnessed people leaving in desperation due to the direct result of the 1987 coup, and he also says the rationale and motivation in the 1987 and 2000 coups was completely different to the 2006 coup.
He says there were violent acts in 1987 including rapes, and many people suffered.
Rabuka says rapes and violence still happen, not necessarily in relation to the 1987 coup but those are individual criminal activities and each person is responsible for his own actions.
The People’s Alliance Leader also says we all should focus on what we have to do for this country to move forward and move away from the consistent oppression for the last 16 years.
Rabuka says he has ridden himself of hatred and therefore he is a free man, and those who hate him have every right to hate him.
He says all these attacks are also inspiring him to do more to move Fiji forward and to look after all Fijians.
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