 He also reiterated the opposition of the military to the "Qoliqoli Bill", which proposed to hand control of seabed resources to ethnic Fijians.The Fiji Sun quoted Bainimarama on 25 September as saying that his speech at Ratu Latianara Secondary School had been based on the advice of United States General John Brown.The same afternoon, however, United States Ambassador Larry Dinger told the "Fiji Village News" that Bainimarama had misunderstood Brown's intentions.