‘Politicisation of the economy biggest threat’
THE politicisation of the economy is the biggest threat to Fiji, says President Jioji Konrote.
He said this could prove far more damaging than any global headwinds on the horizon.
He made the comment while opening the 2019/2020 parliamentary sitting in Suva yesterday.
He said if the economy was treated like a political football and people “choose to play fast and loose with the truth, this could lead us to panic and crumble of economic confidence from within”.
“Whether you are an elected leader — on either side of this political divide — a business owner, a member of civil society or our various professions, or a breadwinner in your household, it is on all of us to be focused, positive and prudent about our future,” he said.
Mr Konrote said Fiji had never been better equipped to seize new opportunities, harness its ingenuity and propel its economy forward to new records of growth and new achievement.