Speed cameras

YOUR SAY

Democracy and dictatorship

I WANT to remind the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum that when members of a house differ in opinion, that is what one calls true democracy.

When he claimed that the FijiFirst party, under the leadership of Voreqe Bainimarama, never differed in opinion, I believe that is what one calls dictatorship.

KOSITATINO TIKOMAIBOLATAGANE Vuninokonoko Rd, Navua

We pray

AS the price of fuel continues to rise, the volume of traffic on our roads is expected to significantly drop because of budgeting and unaffordability.

I am sorry to say that our time for leisure trips is over as we need to keep our family fed before anything else.

It is advisable to travel if it is really necessary to do so.

Ukraine and Russia’s war battle is now showing the real effect on the world.

We’ve come out safely from severe situations only through our steadfastness and wise thinking. Let us remain that way so that we are able to navigate through any rough passage that comes our way.

The adage “that no cloud is so thick that the sun can’t shine through” comes true.

Your life is in your own hands so control it. Inclement weather will come and go away. Let’s pray that things get better sooner rather than later.

SURESH CHAND

Nadi

Stand in unity

MR Jan Nissar wants to know how come some union leaders are still in office for decades (FT 30/06). Simple really. “United they stand, divided they fall”. Something you can learn from.

Unlike some empty rhetoric blasting away from far, far away while some of these leaders went through pain and suffering by torture and yet stood their ground to fight for workers’ rights and the plight of those in poverty, which you wouldn’t understand as you may be denying that poverty exists here in Fiji. EDWARD KUMAR Lautoka

DOES anyone know if the speed cameras in Fiji are active?

Asking for a friend Although I tried, I mean the friend tried to test it by following a Viti minibus going 100kmh, the result is inconclusive.

The test had to be hastenly aborted as the terra shuttle came to a screeching halt, then proceed at 10 kmh.

It could not breach the mile-long stretch of Priuses having a hard time catching up to a cane-laden truck going at 40.

I guess the friend will just have to wait for the speeding ticket in the mail.

Meanwhile, the Priuses have taken over Fiji roads like locusts. Unfortunately, they can’t be driven above the speed of 25 kmh.

I guess those guys have nowhere to go to because they are all on Fiji time. PRANEET SINGH

Ba

Reality or show

A COMPOUND material known as plastic has become a global talk.

While some countries have adopted sustainable disposal methods, some have simply come with a decision to ban its use at various levels.

I am wondering how come one small commodity which is linked to many stages of economic activity and basically at small and medium business level is been seen as a major threat to the environment.

What makes it even more interesting is when environment workshops are held in luxury hotels for more than two days or activists and leaders prefer driving or get driven in high-end vehicles just to talk about plastic and later ban it.

I would suggest the concerned stakeholders to do a thorough research on its ban or heavy levy as to how it will affect the livelihoods of really small businesses.

SHARVEEN CHAUDHARY Verata, Nausori

Fuel price

FUEL prices have gone up again. I am wondering what my Government can do about fuel prices to help businesses and the people.

How about Fiji try and source its fuel from other countries, just like how some countries did with our sugar.

NARAYAN REDDY Lautoka

Cost of living

ON a day when rise in the minimum wage level should have been making the headlines, I think the concentrated focus on the cost of living diluted it.

And complemented by the July 1 fuel price announcements. If the cost of living were to increase at this rate, I wonder if the living part of the equation is actually getting suffocated to death.

Talk about headlines or the lines across our heads?

MOHAMMED IMRAZ JANIF Natabua, Lautoka

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