.gif)
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has dismissed allegations of a petition signed in New Zealand calling on Fiji to hold elections this year instead of September 2014, saying the paper the petition was written on was good only for “toilet paper”.
Bainimarama said “nobody really gives a damn” about the petition and what it (the petition) was asking for was “a bit far fetched”.
He added his government’s priority at this time was getting Fiji’s infrastructure upgraded and improving the lives of ordinary citizens.
Radio NZ reported the petition was submitted to Bainimarama’s office in Suva.
The petitioners claim they have more than 600,000 signatures, including those of the leaders of the Fiji Labour Party, SDL and the National Federation Party.
