SODELPA MP Viliame Gavoka says no pothole must be left unattended before the workers go home.
While delivering his response to the 2020/2021 National Budget, Gavoka says government must find a solution to potholes as it makes Fiji look like a failed state.
He says the 2020-2021 National Budget was badly prepared and ignored the voice of the people to have dialogue and contribute to the solutions to challenges and threats that are unprecedented in human history.
Gavoka says it does not meet the standards expected by free and God fearing people.
He says the Opposition wanted a bipartisanship approach this government refused to take up, NGOs were denied submissions and lead economists went to great length offering help.
Gavoka says now we have ended up with an irresponsible, deceitful and rudderless budget.
Gavoka says COVID-19 is way too big for FijiFirst to handle and it needs to reach out, but sadly it has not done so as they are still living in their old merry ways.
He says hundreds of millions of dollars can be trimmed from the budget and given to the people in a programmed manner to see them through the pandemic and they should not withdraw from FNPF as it is criminal.
Gavoka says many have been laid off in hotels, cruises, land transport, sea transport, airline and support services but we cannot rehire and retrain.
He says for tourist operators, interest charges should be frozen until tourists return.
He says it should be considered that after the 1987 events, airfares from Sydney came down to $99 and that quickly recovered tourism from Australia.
Gavoka says it will be easy to manage.
He says we should always strengthen our relationship with Australia and New Zealand.
