This budget does not reflect the voice of poor people - Kirpal

FijiFirst MP, Sanjay Kirpal says the 2023/2024 National Budget does not reflect the voice of poor people while the sugarcane farmers now have no faith in the three-legged stool government.

Kirpal says this is after the coalition government failed to keep their promise by giving farmers further incentives.

While opposing the budget, Kirpal says the 15 percent VAT will have a devasting impact on the poor and low-income earners as they cannot survive on the 22 zero rated VAT items.

He adds that the corporate tax increase to 25% will have a huge impact on small and medium enterprises as some will think of closing their business.