Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama said Ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is hoodwinking the people of Fiji, especially the Fijian landowners by saying that land rent increase will not solve problems.

In a statement Commodore Bainimarama said Qarase is attempting again to discredit the goodwill and intentions of the Interim Government by his continuous comments in the media.

He adds such comments by Qarase and his band of political exponents, do not contribute two cents worth into the efforts of the Interim Government. All it does is to distort the truth behind what the Government is doing.

The Interim Prime Minister stated that land rental subsidy has been an ongoing proposal by the Native Land Trust Board, to resolve the impasse over the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act leases.

Meanwhile, Bainimarama reminded Qarase that neither he nor the SDL party was sincere in their efforts of solving the land problems.