Peniasi Silatolu is a Fijian politician and former member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.
Peniasi Silatolu | |
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Member of the Fijian Parliament for Nasinu Rewa Open | |
In office 1 September 2001 – 13 May 2006 | |
Preceded by | John Ali |
Succeeded by | Azim Hussein |
Personal details | |
Political party | Christian Democratic Alliance Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua |
Silatolu ran for parliament unsuccessfully in the Nasinu Rewa Open Constituency as a candidate for the Christian Democratic Alliance at the 1999 Fijian general election.[1] He ran again as a Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua candidate at the 2001 election and was elected.[2][3] In Parliament he blamed Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry for the failure to form a multi-party Cabinet.[4] He later called for those convicted of crimes over the 2000 Fijian coup d'état to be pardoned.[5]
He retired from politics at the 2006 election.