- Taito Waqavakatoga
Taito Waqavakatoga is a
Fiji an political leader and former civil servant who served as President of the Senate from2001 to2006 , when he retired from that body. He was chosen to represent Rewa Province as one of 14 nominees of the Great Council of Chiefs, and the Senate subsequently elected him to preside over the upper chamber of the nation's legislature.On
7 December 2005 , Waqavakatoga confirmed that he was the coordinator of a local group affiliated to theInter Religious Federation For World Peace International , which has ties to the controversialUnification Church . He joined Opposition LeaderMahendra Chaudhry in criticizing a government decision to ban Moon, who had been scheduled to address a conference inNadi on6 December , from visiting Fiji. He would have contributed positively to the country, Waqavakatoga said.As a former civil servant, Waqavakatoga served all over Fiji. He is better known for his proactive role in organising the harvest of sugar cane in the
Labasa andSeaqaqa districts, during a harvest boycott by farmers protesting the1987 military takeover bySitiveni Rabuka .
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