It (democracy) is far more than merely participating in fre… - Graeme Leung

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It (democracy) is far more than merely participating in free and fair elections for a new government. It is about playing by a set of rules, respecting those rules and accepting the result even when it may not be what one had hoped for.

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Graham Everett Leung is a Fijian lawyer and former president of the Fiji Law Society.

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