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Issue No: 806; 30 May 2001
The Methodist Church of Fiji is continuing its involvement with racial politics in Fiji. In its latest move, the Church's ethnic Indian division have endorsed the Church leaders' call for ethnic unity in the country. The Head of the ethnic Indian Division of the Methodist Church one Immanuel Reuben is quoted by the media as saying that the way ahead for Fiji is for the ethnic Fijians to unite and gain political victory, including the leadership positions. Earlier Reuben had endorsed the Qarase regime. The regime was later declared illegal by the Fiji Court of Appeal. The logic of the leaders of the Methodist Church is that for peace in Fiji, a united ethnic Fijian political group should compete with the ethnic Indians and others to establish its political hegemony and supremacy. Meanwhile the leaders of the Assembly of God Church have disassociated themselves from the claim by the Methodist Church that the two churches were working together in a bid to unite ethnic Fijians politically. In another development, the Methodist Church is demanding
$6.6m from the government for the use of a part of its land to construct a new
bridge in Nausori over the Rewa River. A Church official is quoted by the media
as saying thy want $6.6m, "no more no less. No money no work" to start
on the bridge. |
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