He was also deputy chairman of the Fiji Pine Limited Board during its tumultuous years after George Speight was removed as Chairman by the then Minister for Agriculture, Poseci Bune, in 1999.
A former Fiji Times journalist, Dimuri contested the Macuata Fijian Communal Constituency on behalf of then-Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's Fijian Political Party (SVT), but was defeated by the Christian Democratic Alliance candidate, Poseci Bune.
Vuiyasawa's relationship to Takiveikata became known to the public only after her appointment to the Senate, and Opposition parliamentarian Poseci Bune declared her appointment in such circumstances to be unethical, a position rejected by Prime Minister Qarase.
Parliamentary Speaker Ratu Epeli Nailatikau ruled that Bune's speech was in order, and parliamentary Secretary Mary Chapman confirmed that time-sharing within a party was compatible with parliament's rules.
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