21 Nov 2008

Fiji's Commodore Frank Bainimarama to present his first budget

11:17 am on 21 November 2008

Fiji's interim finance minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, will today present his first budget, three month after taking over the portfolio.

Commodore Bainimarama took over from the Labour Party leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, who resigned in August to prepare for elections at a date yet to be set.

Mr Chaudhry says the budget announcement should be quite interesting but declined to say what he expected.

The textile industry has called for a crisis budget to turn the economy around.

Commodore Bainimarama is the military commander, the interim prime minister, the interim foreign minister and also the interim information minister.