Parliament

2019/2020 Budget announcement on June 7th

February 15, 2019 4:50 pm

Inia Seruiratu

The National Budget announcement for the 2019/2020 financial year will be delivered on June 7th.

The government and Opposition unanimously agreed to amend the April-November sittings.

44 MP’s agreed, two objected and five did not vote.

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Government Leader Inia Seruiratu says the budget debate will be held a week after the address from June 17th to 21st.

There will be another session on August 5th to 9th as Fiji will be hosting the Pacific Islands Forum from August 12 to 16th – the initial scheduled session.

However, the session for next month and July have been removed to allow the parliamentary standing committees to do its work.

The next sitting is scheduled for April 1st to 5th.