Prime Minister Stands By Comments

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has stood by his comment about the Opposition parties during the commissioning of the MLC Veivueti and opening of the Government Shipping Services offices at Walu Bay, Suva last Friday.
During the Fijian Navy monthly church service at Walu Bay yesterday, he told the Fiji Sun: “I’m standing by my comments“.
He was responding to comments made by the National Federation Party (NFP) leader Biman Prasad and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka.
Mr Prasad had told the media that he was disappointed at the Prime Minister for using an official function to attack other political party leaders.
SODELPA party leader Sitiveni Rabuka said it was unfortunate that the Prime Minister decided to engage in political mudslinging.
Speaking during the commissioning of the MLC Veivueti, Mr Bainimarama said they marked another historic milestone, another first for Fiji, they now just have to wait and see what desperate critiques the Opposition musters up to belittle these accomplishments.
He said in line with the steady stream of empty promises and flat-out lies of the Social Democratic Liberal Party and National Federation Party, perhaps they would now vow to build the world’s fastest mobile hospital which would provide miracle cures.
“SODELPA and NFP are not guided by realism. SODELPA and NFP aren’t driven by principle,” Mr Bainimarama said.
“SODLEPA and NFP are driven by desperate attempts to remain relevant in an economy where all of their accusations and critiques have been proven wrong.
“They now resort to one strategy and one strategy alone. Throw whatever they can at the wall and see what sticks. Unfortunately for them nothing was sticking.
”The Fijian people know better. Fijians have seen that my Government’s promises are ambitious, and they are ground-breaking.
“But most importantly, Fijians have seen my Government’s promises fulfilled.”
He said if the economy was a ship, he had proven the ability to steer it through choppy waters, and stayed on course to arrive at a more prosperous future.
The current head of SODELPA he said had been at the helm of this ship before—and he quickly sank it to the bottom of the Pacific.
He said the current head of the NFP had never steered a ship and did not have the capacity to do so.
Edited by Percy Kean
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