The President is now being called on to intervene and dissolve the Interim Cabinet following revelations that interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry is the Interim minister alleged to have been evading taxes for over a period of time and not declaring the huge amount of money kept in 5 off shore accounts.
National federation Party General Secretary, Pramod Rae said since there seems to be no importance placed on the allegations by the Interim Prime Minister to address the issue, the President should look into the matter.
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Meanwhile, following the naming of the Interim minister involved in all evading tax and not declaring the huge amount of money in offshore accounts, Fiji Islands Revenue and customs Authority staff association said the people of Fiji had already known who the minister was.
Staff association general secretary Knneth Zinck said following this, Chaudhry should resign
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He said the main issue is the false declarations made by Chaudhry of his income. He is also calling for the resignation of FIRCA CEO, Jitoko Tikolevu.
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Zinck said the whole saga was a contributing factor for the job loss of 6 senior staff members.
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President called in to intervene
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