<div>                It is great to hear of this great achievement from one of our leaders and our Congratulations to Nelbert.<br>Kind regards<br>Ipul <br><br>            </div>            <div class="yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex;">                        <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">                                <div>                    On Friday, 22 November 2019, 9:47:49 am AEDT, Setareki Macanawai <ceo@pacificdisability.org> wrote:                </div>                <div><br></div>                <div><br></div>                <div><div id="yiv7244685772">  <style><!--#yiv7244685772   _filtered #yiv7244685772 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv7244685772 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv7244685772 {font-family:Verdana;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}#yiv7244685772  #yiv7244685772 p.yiv7244685772MsoNormal, #yiv7244685772 li.yiv7244685772MsoNormal, #yiv7244685772 div.yiv7244685772MsoNormal {margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv7244685772 a:link, #yiv7244685772 span.yiv7244685772MsoHyperlink    {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7244685772 a:visited, #yiv7244685772 span.yiv7244685772MsoHyperlinkFollowed       {color:#954F72;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv7244685772 span.yiv7244685772EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv7244685772 .yiv7244685772MsoChpDefault       {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered #yiv7244685772 {margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}#yiv7244685772 div.yiv7244685772WordSection1       {}--></style><div><div class="yiv7244685772WordSection1"><p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal">Warm Pacific Greetings</p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal">  </p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:blue;">Another DPO leader from the Pacific has entered into politics. Mr Nelbert Perez, former President of the Pohnpei Consumer Organisation and later served as PDF Programme Officer responsible for the Northern Pacific  was a candidate at the recent general election in the Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The good news is that Mr Perez was elected and will be sworn in as a member of the Pohnpei State Legislature in January 2020. </span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:blue;">  </span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:blue;">We wish Mr Perez well with our prayers as he begins his political career in the FSM.</span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:blue;">  </span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:blue;">Seta</span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal">  </p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Setareki S. Macanawai</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Chief Executive Officer</span><span style="font-family:New serif;color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Pacific Disability Forum</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Ground Floor, Kadavu House, Victoria Parade  |  GPO Box 18458  |  Suva, Fiji</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Phone: (+679) 3312008  |  (+679) 3307530</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Mobile: (+679) 9921486 (Vodaphone)  |  (+679) 7082891(Digicel)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Fax: (+679) 3310469</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Skype: setareki.macanawai</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">Email:</span><span style="color:black;"><a href="mailto:ceo@pacificdisability.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ceo@pacificdisability.org"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:blue;">ceo@pacificdisability.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"></span><span style="color:black;"></span></p> <p class="yiv7244685772MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:sa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