Government has moved to the National Assembly to restore some of the allocations cut from this year’s budget, including subsidies for the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), the state-media agencies and salaries for contracted workers at Office of the President (OP).
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Thursday tabled two financial papers for almost $14 billion in expenditure, including funds to cover new spending, like the increase in old age pensions.
Financial papers 1/2012 and 2/2012 will come up for debate next Thursday.
Almost $21 billion was cut from the National Budget by the parliamentary opposition earlier in the year, including wages and salaries for contracted workers of OP, over a lack of transparency and accountability
