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PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI BUDGET BRIEFINGS 2018 Budget 2018─2019 Head No.

1: Office of the President Background The Office of the President provides administrative and logistical support to the Head of State in the performance of his official duties.

The Budget 2018-2019 increases both the Office’s operating expenditure and capital expenditure, with additional funding primarily for new construction and maintenance of state assets.
Trends The Office of the President allocation for 2018-2019 totals $3.3 million.

This represents an increase of 54.6 per cent on the last financial year, when the allocation was $2.1 million.

Another $5.1 million has also been allocated for capital expenditure under Head 50 – Miscellaneous Services.

The following graphs show funding trends over the past five years.
Office of the President expenditure by type, 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 n o i l l i m $ 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 8.0% 22.3% 69.7% 7.9% 32.4% 59.6% ↑54.6% change 2017–18 to 2018–19 5.7% 94.3% 5.3% 94.7% 4.5% 95.5% Actual Expenditure 2014/15 Actual Expenditure 2015/16 Actual Expenditure 2016/17 Estimate 2017/18 Estimate 2018/19 Operating Capital VAT Enquiries: research@parliament.gov.fj 1 PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI BUDGET BRIEFINGS 2018 Office of the President total expenditure, 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 4.2 3.3 2.0 2.1 n o i l l i m $ 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 2.5 Actual Expenditure 2014/15 Actual Expenditure 2015/16 Actual Expenditure 2016/17 Estimate 2017/18 Estimate 2018/19 Budget announcements and allocations The following section highlights some of the major budget announcements relating to the Office of the President.
Infrastructure The Budget allocates $2.0 million for the upgrade and construction of the President’s Office.

This is to address urgent maintenance and construction of ageing facilities within the Office.

$3.0 million is also being allocated to continue major upgrade works of the State House, which are necessary to restore and preserve the residence.

These projects are to be administered and implemented by the Construction Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Economy.
Both of these allocations have been made under Head 50 – Miscellaneous Services.

State visits $600,000 will be allocated to fund official overseas state visits by the President to strengthen Fiji’s diplomatic relations.

This is an increase of $400,000 compared to the 2017– 2018 Budget.

Enquiries: research@parliament.gov.fj 2 PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI BUDGET BRIEFINGS 2018 Sources • Fijian Government (2018) Budget estimates 2018–2019, Ministry of Economy, 28 June 2018.

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• Fijian Government (2018) General administration sector: 2018–2019 Budget kit.

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