Quote #35

'We will maintain our stand despite criticisms.' (on being told by Downer that the international community would not be happy about the Military's intervention in the political arena).

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  2. 'We will not be soft when it comes to the bill. The military has already made its stand clear on the bill and we will not work with those w…
  3. 'This is where we are coming from. The Bill is a continuation of the 2000 coup and it is the consequences of the Bill that we are looking a…
  4. 'From now on, the military will first find out what their (Methodist Ministers') stand is on the Bill. If they are for the Bill, they will …
  5. 'We are not interfering with any political agenda or plan. We are only doing our job and that is on the grounds of security.'
  6. 'I will not allow the pastors who support the Bill to relay a different message to my troops, especially when the military is not for the B…
  7. 'We were never involved in politics. It was the political party that pushed their agenda, the Bill, forward and we only reacted to the cons…
  8. 'This government continuously bring in racist policies and programmes to justify its existence to the indigenous community. Thes are polici…

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