Comeback in 2006?
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On 16 February 2006, the Fiji Village news service claimed that some Tailevu chiefs were quietly campaigning for the Great Council of Chiefs to reinstate Seniloli as Vice-President. The Council was due to meet as an electoral college on 8 March to choose the President and Vice-President, whose terms were due to expire. Without naming Seniloli, the Military expressed its opposition to any coup-convict being appointed President or Vice-President. Seniloli himself, however, revealed to Fiji Village on 22 February that as he was still technically serving his prison sentence extramurally, he was not eligible for reinstatement.
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