Filling vacant frontline positions in hospitals, schools and police stations would take priority over creating new government offices under a NextGen Alliance Party government, party leader Apisai Caginakana Moce said.
Mr Moce said the party would not impose broad salary cuts on civil servants but would focus spending on workers delivering essential services.
“The answer is not a blunt cut across 40,000 public servants,” he said.
The party would retain the existing A to O civil service salary bands while prioritising teachers, nurses, midwives, police, corrections officers and rural and maritime workers.
“Protect the front line, pay seniors for results, and make the existing budget buy a filled shift.”
NextGen also plans to publish quarterly information on funded and filled posts in health, education and police, including whether staff members are paid on time.
“A vacant funded nursing post is wasted budget, not savings.”
The party’s first 100 days would focus on cutting political privileges, addressing the cost of living and strengthening health, drugs and family services.
“The systems that stop leakage, fill a funded post and pay a teacher who is already at work can be switched on in 100 days.”
NextGen also proposes digital procurement, public disclosure of contract awards and beneficial ownership information for winning firms.
Mr Moce said government performance should be measured by services delivered rather than the number of launches.
“Service delivery will be judged by a short public dashboard, not by the number of launches.”
