"It is high time that the people are given back the flexibility and power to select and install their leaders who will be accountable to them if they are to prosper and forge ahead in the present modern and increasingly global context."
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Asesela Ravuvu
Asesela Ravuvu (10 May 1931 — 11 March 2008) was a Fijian academic and Senator since 2001.
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