FLP rejects any proposals or moves to increase VAT in the upcoming National Budget
A better option would be to remove the 9% VAT imposed in 2016 on basic food items - Chaudhry
FLP rejects any proposals or moves to increase VAT in the upcoming National Budget
A better option would be to remove the 9% VAT imposed in 2016 on basic food items - Chaudhry
Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry
The Fiji Labour Party has rejected any moves to increase VAT in the upcoming 2021/2022 National Budget.
In its submission on the budget, the Fiji Institute of Accountants has proposed that VAT be raised to 12.5 percent and that the 5 percent Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy be scrapped.
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On the anniversary of Fiji’s first coup, 14 May 1987, Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry reflects on the the price the nation paid for the racist coup which took place one month after the first Labour Government of Dr. Timoci Bavadra took office..
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That challenge is for all of us.
National development plans must ensure that the interests of our masses become paramount.
If our ordinary people lose faith through unfair and inequitable policies,
then the future is fraught with uncertainties.
We must restore the faith of our people in democracy … above all, in Fiji.”
These words were uttered 34 years ago by Labour Prime Minister Dr. Timoci Bavadra – a man of vision, known for his deep compassion and empathy for the ordinary people of Fiji. Dr Bavadra was committed to an open and caring government that believed in social justice and people-centred development policies.
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Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry has called for the deportation order against USP Vice Chancellor Prof Pal Ahluwalia and his partner to be rescinded and for them to be allowed back into the country.
“We strongly condemn the high handed manner in which the VC and his partner were arrested and deported,” Mr Chaudhry said.
The Prime Minister as Minister for Immigration ordered the deportation, declaring the couple prohibited immigrants under Section 13 (2) (g) of the Immigration Act 2003.
The Prime Minister must explain to a horrified nation, and the international community, why Prof Ahaluwalia had to be deported in this outrageous manner.