Gov’t must stop creating unease about budget cuts, says GHRA

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday accused the government of creating unease by exaggerations about the opposition’s budget cuts, particularly in Amerindian communities, and has called on the administration to stop.

The opposition – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) – using their one-seat majority in the National Assembly last month made cuts amounting to $20.8 billion of the $192.5 billion budget originally proposed by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh.

APNU and AFC expressed concerns about a lack of accountability for some allocations as well as the need to trim wasteful spending