Concerns were raised by a student of the University of the South Pacific if opposition candidates are required by law to keep their promises or can they just be lying to students to get their votes.
This was put to the Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-khaiyum by Amelia Jane a student at USP who says that this is with regards to some of the things that they are reading on social media.
Sayed-Khaiyum says that in Fiji, we do not have that level of political party maturity for people to be able to give a financial analysis of what they are saying and how will they fund elections promises.
He says that one political party said that they want $4 minimum wage, and then they said that they recognize that it would be a burden on small businesses so government will subsidize small businesses.
Sayed-Khaiyum says that this is why he says that in Fiji we do not have that level of political party maturity.
