Orisi Rabukawaqa Explained
Orisi Rabukawaqa is a Fijian career soldier. By early 2006, he held the rank of lieutenant colonel and was one of two official spokesmen for the Military, the other being Major Neumi Leweni.[1] [2]
In his role as spokesman, Rabukawaqa articulated a number of criticisms of government policies,[3] including the promotion of the controversial Reconciliation, Tolerance, and Unity Bill, which sought to empower a Commission to compensate victims and pardon perpetrators of the Fiji coup of 2000.
Notes and References
- Web site: Ecsiep - Advocating the Pacific - Fiji Update 8 March 2006 . 2011-01-17 . 2011-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726013511/http://www.ecsiep.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=579&Itemid=92 . dead .
- Web site: FBCL - News . Radiofiji.com.fj . 2010-02-12 . 2011-01-17.
- Book: Yehonatan Shimʻon Frenḳel. Jon Fraenkel. Stewart Firth. From election to coup in Fiji: the 2006 campaign and its aftermath. 17 January 2011. 2007. ANU E Press. 978-0-7315-3812-6. 37–. the military spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Orisi Rabukawaqa, made scathing allegations regarding corruption in the Registrar General's office involving illegal Chinese immigrants..