MP criticizes Coalition for wasting time

THE Coalition Government spent and wasted a significant amount of time and resources undoing the changes made by the FijiFirst party in its first eight years of governing and in the Bainimaramaled Government before 2014.

While speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Opposition Member of Parliament Semi Koroilavesau says Fijians have been praying as the cost of living has become too high and life become unbearable.

“The Coalition Government has concentrated all its efforts to dismantle every institution and initiative built by FijiFirst and in my humble opinion, has been a waste of time and resources,” Mr Koroilavesau said.

“The high cost of living, massive unemployment and lack of investment is driving people to our streets.

“As a consequence, there are more homeless, and more people are begging on our streets with more mentally disadvantaged people abound, due to abuse of drugs all over our main cities and towns.”

He said last year, the Coalition partners were focused on keeping the partnership intact, instead of formulating a plan to take Fiji forward.

“Missing a plan to govern initiated this gloom and doom situation, it is apparent that the lack of direction has drastic consequences on the state of the Fijian economy and the Fijian lives as a whole.

“We can all learn from the past to give us a better understanding going forward.”

He adds to establish economic prosperity of a small democratic nation like Fiji, the government need a multiple layer approach to form the foundation of investment and investor confidence for investors to make the leap of faith and spend.