AFC joins APNU in budget talks at OP, no progress reported

Leader of the Opposition and APNU David Granger (right) at a press conference today at Parliament with the AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan

The Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) are reporting that coming out of talks today held with the President at the Office of the President, Government is unwilling to budge on almost all of the issues that have been proposed and this will likely lead to the prosecution of cuts in the budget tomorrow.

They said that from all indications the Government is not serious about the proposals that both Opposition parties have submitted. These include the reduction of VAT, a reduction in the personal income tax, an increase in public assistance, the setting up of the Public Procurement Commission and others.

That the three parliamentary