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Latter-day Saints Attend Fiji Constitution Day Celebration with Nation’s Leaders

Elder Adolf Johansson and his wife, Martha Johansson, attended Fiji’s first Constitution Day Celebration last week.

 

Among guests at the event were Hon. Prime Minister Rear Admiral J.V.Bainimarama; His Excellency Jioji Konousi Konrote, president of Fiji; New Zealand High Commissioner, His Excellency Mark Ramsden;and Fiji Minister for Sports and Youth, Hon. Laisenia Tuitubou.

“It was a wonderful, historic occasion for the people of Fiji,” Elder Johansson said.

According to one of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Articles of Faith, Church members “believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.” 

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