The People’s Alliance Party new line-up of provisional candidates come into the political arena with distinctive experiences and expertise, says general secretary Sakiasi Ditoka.

The 11 new provisional candidates were announced at the party headquarters in Knollys Street, Suva, yesterday.

This brings a total of 35 proposed candidates under The People’s Alliance banner.

Mr Ditoka said the remaining 20 candidates would be announced once they obtained release from their employers, or when the writ of election was issued.

“This group of highly-qualified leaders in their own fields of expertise and their communities, have put their hands up in joining The People’s Alliance for the sometimes- thankless task of rebuilding Fiji into a nation that we can all be proud of,” Mr Ditoka said.

“Together, they are experts in the fields of commerce and finance, rural and community development, public administration and civil service, education, law, agriculture, even specialized skill-sets as in climate financing, diplomacy and international relations.”

Mr Ditoka said with a national debt of $10 billion and counting, coupled with the widening gulf of the ‘haves and the have nots,’ many experts projected that more of our people are living below the poverty line.

This, he added, included: deteriorating state of our roads, constant power cuts, continuously disrupted water supply, and the deteriorating state of our public health facilities and schools, we need all the experts we can get, to help repair and mend our economy, and nation, back to good health.

Set Apart

“This is what sets us at The People’s Alliance apart: our line-up is drawn from men and women who are experts in their fields,” Mr Ditoka said.

“People who are expected to roll up their sleeves, and work.”

“These are people who are willing to get their hands dirty and do the work themselves.”

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