From left: Ifereimi Vasu, Manoa Kamikamica and Professor Biman Prasad

Members of the coalition government have reaffirmed their commitment to working together.

The coalition committee was in a meeting this afternoon, following which, they all agreed to try and work better together.

It’s understood the meeting was called because the Social Democratic Liberal Party had raised some issues pertaining to the coalition agreement.

SODELPA representative to the coalition committee, Ifereimi Vasu, says the issues have been resolved and they are here to stay, working together with the other two parties in government.

“We are very thankful about our discussion today that we have seen that all agreements are there and we’ll continue to meet and discuss the way forward for the coalition government, but we are fully committed to the members of the public from the SODELPA side.”

Committee Chair and Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica reveals one of the issues includes ambassador appointments, among other things.

Kamikamica says the parties have also agreed to communicate better, as this is an area that needs improvement.

“Everybody as you can see has been busy over the last six months trying to understand the mass that’s there and trying to fix it. Today was really good because sometimes you think you are doing good but communications is very important, I think that was a key outcome from today’s meeting as well.”

National Federation Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad also agreeing on this, highlighted the three parties are committed to running the affairs of the nation.

“Coalition’s governments have their own challenges. Whenever there are issues it’s an issue that have to be dealt with by the coalition. That’s the understanding we’ve had right from the beginning, that’s how it has worked for the last five months, that’s how it will work for the next three and half years.”

The Deputy Prime Ministers say everyone in the coalition government is working hard in their respective portfolios. The parties say the meeting today was more than cordial.