As a special cabinet meeting gets underway this morning to discuss whether the duty imposed on bottled water should be scrapped, interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry stresses that he has an excellent relationship with the interim Prime Minister and there are no serious differences.
Chaudhry said the water bottling companies will know today if the duty that was imposed on bottled water will be removed, although the interim Prime Minister revealed yesterday that the duties were repealed.
The interim Finance Minister said it was the collective decision of cabinet to impose the tax in the first place and therefore the decision has to come from cabinet.
However, he said these are issues that will be frankly discussed in cabinet and it has no effect on his relationship with Commodore Bainimarama.
Chaudhry said he knows that a lot of people want him out of cabinet.
Meanwhile, Chaudhry had also hinted that his job in taking the national economy in the right direction is almost complete and he may soon consider resigning to prepare for the next elections.
He said a lot has been done and he knows Commodore Bainimarama's directive to the cabinet ministers that they have to resign if they are planning to contest the next elections.
The special cabinet meeting will start later this morning.
There Are No Serious Differences
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