‘Revised mini budget within 100 days’
THE People’s Alliance party will redeploy or reallocate $300 million from within the current government budget while presenting a revised mini budget within 100 days of taking office, states its recently released manifesto.
The refinanced budget will among other things see an allocation of $4 million to the Fiji Police Force to declare a national emergency on drugs.
The Ministry of Economy will be given $4 million extra to organise a national economic summit, initiate a tripartite forum, establish a sovereign wealth fund, and a fiscal review.
Ministry of iTaukei Affairs will get $4 million for the exemption of soli ni yasana initiative.
Independent Commissions will receive $4.2 million for amendments to the 2013 Constitution, establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and civil service review and reform.
A sum of $11 million will be given to the Fiji Corrections Service for social integration programs and to modernise correctional facilities while $58 million dollars will be allocated to the Ministry of Education to build kindergartens all over Fiji, to establish an education review commission, removal of TELS scholarship. And payments of grants to University of the South Pacific.
The Ministry of Health will receive an additional $30 million to declare a national emergency on NCDs and improve medical supplies and upgrade health infrastructure.
PA says $20 million will be allocated to Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation for initiatives to cover women representation in parliament and boards and gender sensitization programs
A funding of $22 million will allocated to the Ministry of Transport to consider purchase of shares in shipping and shipping franchise while $2 million will be set aside for municipal elections under the Ministry of Local Government.
And a total of $15 million each will be given to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Authority of Fiji for rural electrification programs and supply of clean water and good sewage services respectively.