The combined opposition on Tuesday excised the $5.63 billion air transport programme from the estimates for the Ministry of Transport and Hydraulics, after typos in the AFC and APNU motions to cut the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Modernisation Project were brought to the attention of the Committee of Supply by Chief Whip Gail Teixeira.
Teixeira pointed out that the APNU’s proposed cut was in excess for the actual budget allocation. It was then noted that the AFC’s motion also contained the same mistake.
Speaker Raphael Trotman adjourned the session to review the Standing Orders governing such issues and upon resumption it was decided that
