All the Bolobolo's installation as "Tu Navitilevu" was not without controversy. The last being Ratu Meli; Ratu Esira Nawaqalevu, a spokesman for rival claimant Osea Cawaru Naitura, said that two of the three households making up the Tokatoka, or family that basically form the Mataqali(Clan) Tuinavitilevu, had not endorsed Ratu Meli Bolobolo, and threatened to challenge his appointment by appealing to the Native Land Commission (NLC) and, failing that, to the courts. Bolobolo maintained, however, that he had been endorsed by the 42 "yavusa" under the jurisdiction of the "Tu Navitilevu." The chief was for the people, he said, and saw no grounds for the NLC or the courts to overturn a decision made by the people.In fact his faction traditionally installed him without waiting for a decision from NLC to investigate the case,a gamble that worked in their favour as the subsequent NLC inquiry and decision was in favour of Ratu Meli.