A-G’s complaint

Enough of lockdowns

NO more lockdowns and no more forced isolation.

We had enough of it last year.

Don’t bring it back as people are struggling financially and facing a lot of hardships.

MELI MATANATOTO

Suva

Profit and cash

I WOULD like to refer to Suka Singh’s letter titled ‘Greatest CEO’ in the FT on 23/6. Surprisingly, he suggests that EFL should pay off their outstanding loans and reduce electricity tariffs through the good profits they have earned. Realistically, profits are not always equivalent to cash and it would only be fair to look at the company’s cash flow before coming up with any assertions like this. PRANIL RAM Votualevu, Nadi

Domestic consumers

CONGRATULATIONS EFL for making a before tax profit of $96m for the 2021 operating year.

They will pay dividends to their three main shareholders as follows : Fiji Government $23.77m, Sevens Pacific PTE Ltd $20.50m and

Central Share Registry $2.33m.

The EFL employees will also benefit from a performance payout totaling $2.26m plus a 5 per cent pay rise backdated to January 1, 2022.

I believe this leaves a balance of $47.14m in profits.

EFL has total of around 205,500 consumers which includes commercial consumers as well.

Now wouldn’t it be nice if a rebate of $50 each is given to all the domestic consumers in lieu of this trading result.

This will come to less than $10m leaving EFL a balance of around $37.14m in profits.

It certainly would be a rather momentous occasion also for the domestic consumers indeed.

VIJAY P MADHAVAN

Borron Rd, Suva

Billions of problems

IF the world’s richest man gave a billion dollars each to all humans on earth, what would life be like after the distribution? My guess, we would have billions of more problems in an instant. MOHAMMED IMRAZ JANIF Natabua, Lautoka

Defective pumps

WE have been traveling around the West and at service stations we need to pump tires.

Many service stations have defective pumps.

I’m wondering about electric cars and filling stations.

Just a thought.

ALLEN LOCKINGTON

Kava Place, Lautoka

Parliamentary democracy

THE letter from Alan Jesoni (FT 20/6) on the above subject hits the nail on the head.

I would go a step further and say that the spirit of true democracy has been dampened many a time by the calling for “ayes” and “nays” in Parliament on motions possibly on the basis that the majority in government would inevitably vote in favour of government motions and vote against motions from the opposition.

I believe the Speaker should always either conduct a secret ballot or a show of hands and record individually who voted for what.

AJAI KUMAR

Nadi

AS elections approach closer, I believe the once buoyant and aggressive A-G is now sounding desperate and impotent with his letter of complaint (FT 24/06).

Like an infatuated stalker keeping tabs on opposition parties’ election assemblies, Mr Sayed-Khaiyum should rather realign his focus towards his own dwindling FijiFirst party support base by formulating strategies (apart from freebies and lollies) to “win” the general election.

In fact, he should be more apprehensive about some his own incompetent cabinet ministers overtly expressing provocative, manipulative and inflammatory statements while on campaign trails, particularly in Hindu places of worship as Selwa Nandan had aptly penned in his letter (FT 24/06).

So Mr A-G, I suggest you drop the “cry baby” antics and alternatively devise your much anticipated exit strategy!

NISHANT SINGH Lautoka