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1951–2023 Fiji
Ratu Epeli Ganilau (10 October 1951 – 23 March 2023) was a Fijian chief, soldier, and politician. He was the founder of the National Alliance Party (NAP).
Also known as: Ganilau, Ratu Epeli
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To share responsibility with the people of the province should be, in my view, the proudest bequest of a chief to his people.
How often have we seen the bigotry of the religious fanaticisms and intolerance that have occurred in Fiji?
Temples have been desecrated, places of worship are destroyed, all in the prejudice view that one religion is the true one and others are not.
It (2006) will be the year of rebuilding and reclaiming the lost confidence, the lost spirit and the lost soul of our beloved country.
For too long, we have allowed fear to dictate our politics and suspicions, to shape how we perceive other communities.
Government seems unaware that the more race-based measures it tries to put in place the faster that time bomb burns to detonation point.
We need to marshal and direct our energy toward building this nation into a peaceful, prosperous and proud bequest to our children.
We must learn that all religions proclaim the unity of divinity and preach the cultivation of universal love without regards to caste, creed, country or colour.
For our people to have lived together for one and a quarter century it is difficult to believe that at a personal level so little cultural transfers have taken place.
This is what the National Alliance stands for: To respect all people, regardless of ethnicity, gender and religion, to uphold godly principles and moral values and to respect the rule of law.
As a people, we have not been able to chart a clear map toward a common destiny. We will not be able to do this if our leaders continue to promote sectional and separate development.
As a loving religious and caring nation the spiritual dimension of our resolve is to exercise restraint, goodwill, tolerance and understanding with all races in Fiji.
We must move with speed to mobilise all sectors of society in a stepped-up drive against HIV/AIDS, accelerating the pace to halt the virus before the Pacific's window of opportunity slams shut.
Race is a fact of life and is not a problem unless people make it out to be so. (2003)
The danger … is that unscrupulous politicians have continued to preach their racially divided visions for Fiji.
We are here today, not so much as to launch a political party but more so and more importantly we are here today to project a vision that will inspire hope.
There are those people who are acting irresponsibly … and spreading their gospel of fear and hate and not doing anything to help the ordinary people put bread on their table for their families.
I would like to make the point that we cannot undo the past but we can learn from it, and we cannot predict the future but we can shape and build it.
What I would like to see is a greater degree of interaction that will lead to a much better cross-cultural understanding than what we have in Fiji today.
We should not allow ourselves, individually or our ethnic communities to become easy tools for politics of race that will continue to segregate us mentally and emotionally.
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