Tomasi Kanailagi is a Fiji

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an Methodist minister

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 and political leader. The former President of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma

Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma

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, Fiji's largest Christian denomination, served in the Senate

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 from 2001 to 2006 as a nominee of the Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase

Laisenia Qarase

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. (Under the Constitution

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, 9 of the 32 Senate seats are filled by nominees of the Prime Minister; a further 8 are chosen by the Leader of the Opposition

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, 14 by the Great Council of Chiefs

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, and 1 by the Council of Rotuma

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As of January 2007, Kanailagi is Chairperson of the Fiji Council of Churches. http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_35537.shtml