Kreetika Kumar 
Fiji First General Secretary, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. [Source: FijiFirst/ Facebook]
The coalition government is only focusing on increasing revenue; however, they have not looked at ways to boost the private sector’s environment.
This has been highlighted by former Economy Minister and Fiji First General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in a Facebook video.
Sayed-Khaiyum claims there are a lot of talks, but the action is contrary to the talks.
While referring to the resolution of the 2023 National Economic Summit, Sayed-Khaiyum says the coalition government intends to increase the public-private partnership, but on the other hand, they want to bring back the Public Works Department.
Sayed-Khaiyum has also criticized the recommendations to increase the value-added tax and decrease the income tax threshold.
Sayed-Khaiyum also highlighted that the action taken by the former government on income tax and the value-added tax was done to protect low-income Fijians.
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Biman Prasad had earlier highlighted that all recommendations will be taken on board, but the final decision will be made by the government.
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