Cutting the fat cats

These APNU MPs were paying careful attention to the estimates yesterday

Photos by Anjuli Persaud

You knew something big was about to happen yesterday when APNU’s Chief Whip Amna Ally, before the National Assembly reconvened, herded her MPs and told them that no “walking about” was going to be tolerated during the sitting.

The National Assembly was abuzz. MPs, especially those on the government side facing down sharp budget cuts, reluctantly ambled to their seats under the gaze of the eyes in the public gallery,