Several high-profile PPP members employed on a contractual basis by the Office of the President (OP) are among more than 180 persons not receiving monthly payments of wages and allowances as a result of the opposition-led cuts on the 2012 National Budget, according to information released by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh.
Singh made the disclosure in a written response to a question posed by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (MP) Joseph Harmon, who sought to find out the name, agency, designation and salary of persons whose employment was terminated as a direct consequence of the budget cuts.
Singh noted that the cuts saw 124 contract employees at the Office of the President (OP), 36 Government Infor-mation Agency (GINA) employees, and 25 workers at the
