National Federation Party President, Pio Tikoduadua is asking why can’t the government stop blaming others for it’s mistakes and be honest with the people after the Prime Minister announced that the Draft Police Bill consultations is retracted.
The Prime Minister says the draft bill was not endorsed by cabinet and the Solicitor General, and some of the contents do not represent government policy.
However Tikoduadua said last week the Local Government Minister, Premila Kumar blamed an unnamed consultant for the release of the Draft Municipal Market Regulations imposing huge fees on market vendors.
The NFP President says now the Prime Minister is saying that the Draft Police Bill does not reflect the views of the government and will be withdrawn.
Tikoduadua says this is two weeks after Minister Inia Seruiratu was photographed at a launch of consultations on the draft bill.
The NFP President says every person and organisation make mistakes sometime, and this is also true of governments.
He says the NFP thanks the people of Fiji for the collapse of the draft bill. Tikoduadua says the power of the people has forced a bill not to go to Parliament.
Bainimarama has not made any further comments after Tikoduadua’s statement.
