Government met last night with the parliamentary opposition to iron out concerns about this year’s $192.8 billion national budget and ensure that it is passed by the National Assembly and will be meeting again today prior to the commencement of the examination of the estimates.
Last night’s meeting took place under the initiative and auspices of the Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman as he sought to have the parties work out a Modus Vivendi for the process of examining the estimates. Attending this meeting were Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira, Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Leader of the Opposition David Granger and Alliance For Change Member of Par-liament Khemraj Ramjattan.
This meeting overtook an earlier one that had been called and set for yesterday, during a Parliament break but for reasons that are unclear did not take place. In the wrap up of the
