The Donald Ramotar administration yesterday moved to the court to challenge the recent cuts made to the national budget, arguing that the opposition-controlled National Assembly had no power to reduce or set public spending.
In an ex parte application filed in the High Court late Monday afternoon, Attorney General Anil Nandlall also requested that the court grant an interim order to allow Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh to make advances from the Contingencies Fund to restore the originally budgeted estimates for the agencies affected by the cuts. The application warns
