Vote for me

Nadi

I laughed when I read Sukha Singh’s letter titled: Election chances; especially at the last line where he said, “I was in the elections once. It is the hardest thing to go and ask for votes.” Same here my brother. That is why the 2014 FijiFirst Party game plan for all candidates to campaign and urge the voters to vote for our leader Bainimarama, settled well with me, even though we had to get people to vote for us individually too!

Funny thing is that I prayed and asked God that if it was His will for me to get involved in politics, then let His will be done.

I reasoned that writing letters to raise the concerns of the public in this column was noble, but to be actually in Parliament and Government would definitely get things done.

The A-G interviewed me and my last question was: Why join FijiFirst Party and not the others?

My answer was that it followed Christ’s method of reaching out to the people, even those in remote areas, listening to their needs, having compassion on them, and meeting their needs.

I guess that answer got me selected to be one of the FijiFirst candidates, but it was the start of the Sukha Singh syndrome.

As a Christian trained to be a Church Pastor who normally lifts up Christ as our only hope and answer to all our problems; I like Sukha Singh find it difficult to be promoting self and asking people to vote for me.

I guess I should have listened to the advice Jesus gave, ‘Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is His.” The Church is to remain focused with the Gospel Commission, while the othersthe running of the Government.