4 Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi Quotes on Tradition

Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi quotes on tradition

3. With hindsight, the Samoa system with appropriate modifications ought to have been adopted. The complete acceptance of western democratic structures, apart from the appointment of Bose Levu Vakaturaga appointees in the Senate, in some respect was in advance of the understanding of democratic principles, particularly in the rural areas.

18. It will be impossible to achieve this (keeping the people together) if the elders and chiefs have their own way and are too proud of their chiefly status to not bring themselves down to the people.

27. There will necessarily be a tension between the church and tradition on one hand and human rights on the other.

30. To say that power should have been returned to the Fijian chiefs is to ignore what occurred between 1874 and 1970.