I said, yes, if you think I will avoid bloodshed by standing aside I will stand aside … but I will never ever again come back.

If the constitution goes, I go.

I had a request today from Mr. Speight for him to come and see me,

not in accordance with the constitution and ... therefore unlawful.

That I will not be able to oblige,

At that stage my heart ruled my head.

the position of the indigenous community will be protected and enhanced.

We will have a dialogue and see what they offer, ... I cannot say I will put back the government that has caused all these problems.

The reconciliation that has been undertaken today will be worthless if investigations into the coup do not reveal the truth behind the staging.

From where I stand, I do not see the lost people of the South Seas, the defeated and the despairing, shrunken shadows of those who went before.