Register NFP promises

Tukai Lagonilakeba, Nadi

It is good to note the daring promise of the National Federation Party (NFP) to slash the Prime Minister and Cabinet minister's salaries should NFP win and form the next government.

NFP says this promise is part of its desire to save more taxpayers’ monies.

It is a very bold statement and undertaking, but will they win and do it?

While still on the subject of pay cut for the NFP Prime Minister and their Cabinet ministers should they win, I would like to suggest that the NFP PM be paid the same as the Opposition Leader’s salary. This is a salary scale of $120k with its perks and then Cabinet ministers should receive a $50,000 salary. Please NFP kindly spread ministerial portfolios to all your government members so that not one minister is overburdened or overpaid with four ministries, but get the job done, or better still, match the service delivery by this FijiFirst Government.

Their PM can slowly grant them an increase depending on their performance or PMS.

I recommend this because NFP is always unnecessarily whingeing about the innovative FijiFirst government salaries and why so many portfolios are being held by one minister.

It is all about getting the job done by the best qualified candidate or, simply put, it is in the best interest of the nation. This is because the FijiFirst Government leadership has been playing a catch-up game to make right our past inequities, injustices, discriminations, inequalities and imbalances from postindependence.

I would like to ask that Biman Prasad, the leader of NFP, to please register this particular promise in your 2018 party manifesto as a matter of transparency and public interest.

I wish to encourage Pio Tikoduadua and Biman Prasad to do the honourable thing and put their mouth where their money is.

It will ensure that they certainly gain and command the respect of the wider Fijian community should they implement what they have promised.

Please NFP, get all your promises registered so you can be held accountable by Fijians, should you win the election. Feedback: jyotip@fijisun.com.fj