In a further twist to the saga, the PNP, the BKV, and PANU decided on 5 March to re-merge, this time under the PANU banner, with Ratu Sairusi Nagagavoka, the "Tui Ba" (Paramount Chief of Ba), as its leader. On 2 March, Fiji Live revealed that officials of the PNP and PANU had met over the weekend at the village of Sorokoba, Ba, to formalize a merger of their two parties. He also told Fiji Television that he hoped the Grand Coalition would understand the reasons for the merger. ""In politics there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends but we hope they understand and they will be informed of the move,"" he said. He cited concern at the merger of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) with the nationalistic Conservative Alliance (CAMV) as a factor in the decision.