PANU rubbishes Qarase's Blueprint

Issue No: 643; 30 March 2001

 
The Party of National Unity, the political party formed by the Ba Provincial Council, has rubbished the Blueprint for Fijian Development.

PANU's parliamentary leader, and elected Minister for Youth and Sports, Ponipate Lesavua has been quoted by the Fiji Times as saying: "It is time for the grassroot people to realise that documents like the blueprint were political gimmicks drafted by smart and cunning people to win votes. We have been experiencing such propaganda and tactics since 1987 and nothing eventuated".

Lesavua also stated: "What the People's Coalition Government achieved in one year no government could achieve in their entire term". He stated that given the chance the coalition would have proved a lot of things to the grassroot people who were being mislead. "We have suffered a lot and will continue to suffer if good sense in out landowners and all citizens does not prevail".

Meanwhile the regime continues to defend the squandering of public funds in the blueprint, saying that it is intended to "bridge the gap" between the ethnic groups. The regime revealed this week that only 39% of the ethnic Fijians provided with the lucrative Fijian Affairs Board scholarships, have passed. The regime called criticisms of such massive waste of public funds "racist".

 

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