Budget 2012 was approved yesterday in the Committee of Supply of the Parliament minus a sum of $20.8 billion cut by the one-seat majority Opposition comprising the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), both of whom signalled their willingness to approve at a later date the funds now being withheld once Government addresses concerns over the allocations.
Yesterday’s sitting wrapped up seven intense days of rigorous examination of the estimates, with the cuts only coming in the last two days. The AFC had proposed a number of cuts for last week but these had not been supported by APNU, hence were not carried. Wednesday’s sitting yielded $2.23 billion in cuts while for yesterday the sum total
