Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry says the public must refuse to bow down to dictatorship and tyranny.

Chaudhry said they will return Fiji to democratic leadership if they are voted into Government after this year’s election.

Speaking at a party meeting in Qalitu, Lautoka he said the party fights this year’s election a platform to get the general public freedom back.

“We want our freedom back. Everything else comes after that. We are all born free men and women and we must refuse to bow down to dictatorship and to tyranny,” he said.

“That is what I will be fighting for and what this election is about. It is about our freedom, it is about our dignity, it is about our self-respect as human beings and as citizens of this country.

“Our human rights, our self-respect, freedom to speak, freedom of assembly has been stolen from us. We want all that back,” he said.

He said they will move away from dictatorial leadership if they are voted into Government.

By Nacanieli Tuilevuka