Ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is now calling on the Auditor General and even FICAC to move in quickly and investigate the $184,000 leave payout to Army Commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
Qarase has also come out with a claim today that a total of 40 military officers allegedly received large payouts for outstanding leave.
Qarase has also dismissed Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry's statement in which he has blamed the previous governments for not dealing with Bainimarama's outstanding leaves and leave payment.
However Chaudhry said the leave accumulated since 1978 to Army Commander Frank Bainimarama of $184,000 was not null and void.
Mahendra Chaudhry at a press conference yesterday afternoon disputed the claims by the Citizen's Constitutional Forum's Reverand Akuila Yabaki that Bainimarama's leave payout was null and void as his contract as Army Commander had ended in January 2004.
He said there was continuity of employment and thus his leave accumulated was not null and void.
Investigate Commander’s Leave Payout: Qarase
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