FijiFirst Party General Secretary, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is continuously saying it is irrelevant when fijivillage News asked him how much of the $1.6 million debt owed by the party as at 31st December last year, has been paid to date.
Sayed-Khaiyum attacked fijivillage News when we questioned him outside the CID Headquarters last night.
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Sayed-Khaiyum says the Supervisor of Elections and the Electoral Commission must present within 6 months post elections a report that needs to be tabled to parliament and presented to the President.
He says it has already been 6 months and the report has not been presented.
We will seek the comments of the Acting Supervisor of Elections later today.
Meanwhile Sayed-Khaiyum had earlier claimed the FijiFirst’s liabilities as at 31st December 2022 has decreased as they have been provided funding by donors.
Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica says that accountants can talk about this clearly, and the facts are clear that a party that ruled Fiji for over 8 years has more liabilities than their assets.
Kamikamica says the audited accounts of the FijiFirst is echoing what has happened to the country during their rule.
He says when the budget comes out, it will show the previous government was hiding some liabilities and it is for this government to pay for.
Kamikamica says the facts are all there for the people of Fiji to see, and they know now for certain that Sayed-Khaiyum was never a proper financial manager.
He says 6 months out of office and the FijiFirst can’t manage their finances.
Kamikamica says it is a damning indictment on the FijiFirst and the General Secretary, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
He also says if Sayed-Khaiyum is saying he had collected some funds, the auditors will normally put a disclosure in the audit report that more money was collected after December 31st 2022, but that is not highlighted in the report.
The Fijian Elections Office is currently verifying all the party accounts submitted.
