Orisi Rabukawaqa

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.

References

1. "Ecsiep - Advocating the Pacific - Fiji Update 8 March 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
2. "FBCL - News". Radiofiji.com.fj. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
3. Yehonatan Shimʻon Frenḳel; Jon Fraenkel; Stewart Firth (2007). From election to coup in Fiji: the 2006 campaign and its aftermath. ANU E Press. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-0-7315-3812-6. Retrieved 17 January 2011. the military spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Orisi Rabukawaqa, made scathing allegations regarding corruption in the Registrar General's office involving illegal Chinese immigrants.