We are at the end of 18 months of patient and committed work and have now reached the stage so we can confidently claim that we have the majority of the people of Fiji from all walks of life that support the Peoples Charter, and have accomplished the main objective of our work up to this stage.

Those were the final words of the Co-Chair of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji Archbishop Petero Mataca, as the NCBBF concluded its final meeting yesterday.

Archbishop Mataca also stressed that he had no hesitation in accepting the Co-Chairmanship of the NCBBF, as he believed then and continues to do so, that it was the right thing to do.

The Head of the Catholic Church in Fiji stated that the country was in crisis at the time, and as a Christian he saw it as his pastoral and national duty to help bring our people together to heal the wounds of division, and assist and contribute constructively in building a path out of the crisis.

Archbishop Mataca stressed that there is still a lot of work ahead to achieve reconciliation and healing in our country, and he believes that they have produced a very solid basis for relaying the foundations for a better Fiji for all through the Peoples Chatter.

Meanwhile, the final version of the Peoples Charter will be handed to the President Ratu Josefa Iloilo on Monday.