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NZPA-Reuter Vancouver The following is the text of a statement by the Queen released yesterday: “The Queen has received the following message from the Governor-General of Fiji: ‘Your Majesty, With humble duty, I wish to submit to you the following advice, acting in my capacity as your Representative in Fiji. Owing to the uncertainty of the political and constitutional situation in Fiji, I have now made up my mind to request Your Majesty to relieve me of my appointment as GovernorGeneral with immediate effect. This I do with the utmost regret; but my endeavours to preserve constitutional government in Fiji have proved in vain, and I can see no alternative way forward. . With deepest respect. Penaia Ganilau Governor-General.’
In the light of the Governor-General’s decision that he can no longer • effectively exercise executive authority in Fiji, the Queen has accepted with regret the resignation which Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau has tendered. Her Majesty has expressed to him her gratitude for his loyal services and her admiration for his courageous efforts to avert changes to: the form of Government in Fiji by force. The Queen accepts that ,it must be for the people of Fiji to decide their own future and prays that peace may obtain among the people of all races in that country. Her Majesty is sad to think that the ending of Fijian allegiance to the Crown should have been brought about without the people of Fiji being given an opportunity to express their opinion on the proposal.”
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