Fataleka families reconcile, ending years of differences & ill feeling  

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With the sound of pounding waves in a peaceful church setting, two East Fataleka families avidly speak their hearts out seeking forgiveness and compassion from each other before exchanges of tafulia’ae or shell money to end 14 years of differences.

The differences emanated from a death in one of the families which the other claimed they were responsible for in 2010.

Since the birth of the allegation, the two families had been at odds and it had grown over the years unresolved until yesterday in the SSEC Church Hall near the Central Market.

 “We have buried the past and turn to a new chapter in life. Today is a good day, a blessing to the family. We have reconciled and reject the past and accept a new future a peaceful one for our two families,” said Leslie Gua, one of the leaders of the two families told SBMOnline.

He commended members of the two families for accepting to come together, to sit-down, and resolved the issue in a peaceful and family setting.

Gua recalled that the two families are closely related as they only born out of two sisters.

However, the problem had severely divided their relationship leading to the new generation of leaders, on both sides, to call for reconciliation.

He said the idea of reconciliation was initiated by his son Javen and Calvin Qwana Luiramo whilst they were at university in PNG.

“Javin told us Calvin has agreed to reconcile so today we are fulfilling their wish for us to be reunited and reconnected as a family,” said Gua.

Additionally, he said some of the people who involved in the differences had already passed on.

“Today’s reconciliation is significant and a clear message that we have all agreed to move on as brothers and sisters and as a family. Also, it sets an example for other people in our region to also see that differences can be sorted out and reconciliation is possible,” said Gua.

“We have ironed out our differences, what is bad is left behind and what is good is carried forward,” said Gua.

He added this would also help the family to work together for the betterment of their people in any developments in the future.

“We have reached a point where the problem had caused a lot of differences to our own lives. It had caused enmity amongst ourselves. But today, I can say with truth, we have now moved on and into a new chapter in life,” recalled Gua.

Brothers’ Calvin Qwana Luiramo and Lawrence Nare have also expressed their family’s gladness in seeing the reconciliation has taken place.

They also reiterated a new direction and a new chapter in their relationship as a family.

The brothers,’ like Gua, have called on both sides to move forward following yesterday’s event.

Similar sentiments were expressed by one of their seniors Jeremy Rua as well as Janethe Basiota Ko’osuli who also spoke at the reconciliation.

The reconciliation ended with a united prayer as the two families committed their lives together again – moving forward into a new direction as they closed the old.