Opposition slashes $150M from OP contract employees

The combined opposition this evening voted to cut $150M from the Office of the President’s proposed budgetary allocations for contracted employees.

The motion which was in the name of AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan was supported by APNU after MP Carl Greenidge withdrew a motion on the same line items. The opposition plans a series of cuts this evening before the final vote on the budget is taken.

Ramjattan, who said the salaries of the top 121 contract workers