On 5 October 2005, Commodore Bainimarama joined Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes in opposing interference in the budgets of the two security services by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Bainimarama supported Hughes's protest that any attempt to control the police and military budgets would undermine the constitutional independence of the services. ""Once money goes into CEO's (Home Affairs) pocket, everything is politicised and somebody will dictate our operations,"" the commander said. ""The CEO then becomes the commander of the RFMF and the Commissioner of Police."" The next day, it was reported that the military and the police were considering legal action to assert their own control over their financial operations.