It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.

I said, yes, if you think I will avoid bloodshed by standing aside I will stand aside … but I will never ever again come back.

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.