Former Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) and now Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill says the cutting by the opposition of $99.4 million for the entity in this year’s budget has effectively shut it down as it cannot pay salaries nor meet its operating expenses like electricity, water and internet bills.
Addressing members of the media at a press conference held yesterday at the Ministry of Finance in his capacity as Minister within the Ministry of Finance, he said there is nothing that the Ministry could do to provide money to an entity that Parliament has not approved.
He said therefore that the future of the entity is to be determined by the
