New Fiji Opposition Leader
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New leader of Fiji’s National Federation Party, following Mr. A. D.
Patel’s death on October 1, is Mr.
S, M. Koya, a 45-year-old Vatulaulau solicitor and barrister. A graduate of Auckland and Tasmania Universities, he began law practice in 1952 and moved to Lautoka in 1954. Married with three children, Mr. Koya said after his unanimous election as the party’s leader in early October that he favoured close consultation with the governing Alliance Party on nre constitutional conference talks in Fiji