SODELPA General Secretary, Viliame Takayawa says SODELPA as a coalition partner was in the dark in relation to the recent cabinet reshuffle where SODELPA Minister Aseri Radrodro’s portfolio was changed from Education to iTaukei Affairs and SODELPA Minister Ifereimi Vasu’s portfolio was changed from iTaukei Affairs to Education.
In an interview with fijivillage News, Takayawa says as coalition partners, they believe in consultation in such major decisions although the Prime Minister has the prerogative to make cabinet reshuffles.
He says consultation was the main reason why they chose the People’s Alliance over the FijiFirst Party.
Takayawa says he is quite sure that if they knew this would happen, it may have been a different story.
He stresses there was no consultation on the reshuffle, they received it after hours and he does not know if this was deliberate.
However Takayawa stresses that in the sense of the coalition, SODELPA has vowed to maintain the coalition as far as possible.
The SODELPA General Secretary also says they understand Rabuka has also been part of a coup culture system, but they want consultation as coalition partners, and there is a need to talk more.
Takayawa says they have written about 5 letters to the Prime Minister but they have not received any official responses.He says the most recent letter is a few days ago on the need to have consultation on the cabinet reshuffle.
We have sent questions to the Prime Minister.
Stay with us for developments later today.
