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Nationalistic music was played before Hitler gave a rousing address promising the people he would bail them out from their economic misery if they supported him. He was inspired by the facial expression of the people who were emotional and in tears.

He adopted for the first time the use of music in the Alliance election campaign which featured the Raiwaqa-based band, Rootstrata and the famous Kadavu Choir.

The Alliance won the election but narrowly. Mr Tora became a Cabinet minister but because of his vocal and inquisitive nature he was demoted in a reshuffle.

His actions in 1987 must have been born from frustrations. When Fiji returned to democratic elections in 2014 he was happy that one of the policies he stood for in the NFP had become a reality – the one person one vote in one national electoral roll.