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| ‘Invalid system error’ when this passenger tried to click on |
The Fiji First government’s e-ticketing system for buses launched three days ago and it has been nothing but chaos.
E-ticketing machines where people are supposed to click on before boarding their bus have been broken saying ‘invalid system setting’.
Passengers and children haven’t been picked up by drivers especially along the Suva-Nausori corridor.
Some passengers say they are being wrongly charged and their bus fares have actually gone up.
Yesterday Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum held a press conference to address the public backlash and confirmed 100 complaints had been received by the LTA.
However he said that the complaints were minor, considering the number of e-cards distributed, which is about 600,000.
Pro-government media like the Fiji Sun have called the e-ticketing system a historic moment and the beginning of another milestone.
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| Is it an increase in bus fares? |
According to a Fiji Sun editorial “it will take time for people to adapt to this new change but overall this e-ticketing system is a step-forward for Fijians one that we will need to get used to and prove to the world that yes, Fiji will move with modern technologies, and time”.
They have conveniently forgotten that Fiji is a third world country, it is not on the same level as most other countries in the world that have e-ticketing in terms of many reasons – population, infrastructure, technology, education and salaries.
If the government wants Fiji to be there at the top of the list with other countries there are a thousand other services to fix before introducing an expensive e-ticketing system that the people of Fiji are not ready for.
Fiji is now so modern with this e-ticketing system yet the country is still experiencing a lack of basic services like water and power cuts, bad roads and a health system to die for – literally.
Solivakasama Worldwide Movement for democracy in Fiji 