Fiji Sun poll result expected

Timoci Gaunavinaka, Nausori

The 59 per cent given to Bainimarama and the 56 per cent given to FijiFirst by the Fiji Sun poll is not a surprise. It confirms the general feeling of the nation.

The FijiFirst Government's mechanism started grinding from the first day after winning the 2014 General Election and is still accelerating now.

The success of the party is the result of an almost revolutionary ideology which inspired a dedicated team of hardworking people with true leadership totally focused on bringing prosperity and fairness for all.

But after saying all this, we cannot deny and must acknowledge that because we are mere humans, there will always be shortfalls. From civil servants who may have unfairly got the brunt of the blame for some discrepancies in the Auditor-General's Report and to some FijiFirst supporters who love to ride on the bandwagon despite doing exactly the opposite of what the party preaches.

From those who expected Government to do everything for them to some of us who neglect exercises and healthy diets unnecessarily stretching the Government's budgetary allocation on NCDs.

From those who still litter our environment despite our holding the Presidency of COP23 to those who bring nothing useful to Parliament but just to argue and debate aimlessly. From those parents who fail to send their children to school despite Government's free education initiative and many more.

We are all part and parcel of these shortfalls. We each have a part to play and the decisions we make every day plays a bigger part in our success or failure in life compared to anything that Government can give or do.

We are all masters of our own fate and captains of our own souls.