BUSINESSES are losing faith in Government with overly aggressive tax audits by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption and Fiji Revenue and Customs Service — and with every major decision bottlenecked with the Attorney-General.
Opposition MP Lynda Tabuya said this while speaking in Parliament yesterday. She said the problem was that the Attorney-General did not trust his own ministers to make their own decisions.
“The problem is that we have a lawyer running the economy, that lawyer has failed and he should resign, let the economist minister Reddy run the economy,” she said.
“Many businesses do not really see the continued economic growth that this Government likes to boast about. All they see is that it is not easy doing business in Fiji.”
Ms Tabuya said the ease of doing business world ranking of Fiji dropped from 43 in 2008, to its lowest point of 102 this year.
“With so many hindrances to doing business in Fiji, it’s no wonder that many great investment plans did not eventuate.
“The Fiji Government in its desperation to accept investment plans has in some cases compromised the checks and balances required in vetting them.”
