Words of assurance from President

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President Jioji Konrote inspects the guard of honour during the opening of the 2020-2021 session of Parliament at the Parliament complex in Suva yesterday. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU

Many Fijian families were now enduring the hardest year they had ever known and support must continue for all those who need it, says President Jioji Konrote.

“Our people’s wellbeing also cannot be separated from our economy’s recovery,” he said in his address during the opening of the 2020-2021 session of Parliament.

“We cannot settle for providing struggling Fijians with short-term assistance, we owe them each the opportunity to work again in jobs they have loved, in established sectors with potential for growth, as well as in emerging, cutting-edge industries.”

He said Government would continue to ensure lifesaving treatments, such as kidney dialysis, were made both affordable and accessible to all people.

Mr Konrote said Fiji’s recent progress in dramatically reducing inequality in our society could not be thrown off course by falling prey to global trends where large multinational companies in developed countries had survived, and even thrived, throughout the crisis as smaller businesses fell through the cracks.

“We will add to the tens of millions of dollars in concessional loans we have granted in support of micro, small, and medium enterprises.”

Mr Konrote said as a COVID-contained country, the spirit of courage and co-operation matters more than ever today as we strive to keep the virus at bay while building back our devastated economy.

“Make no mistake, our ability to re-establish the strong economy we have built over so many years is very much at stake.

“Our people’s livelihoods are at stake. “Building our economy back will take an effort as decisive, as co-operative, and as patriotic as what it took to contain the virus itself.”

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