Finance Minister to have more budget talks with opposition

Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh says that he is to have another meeting shortly with Opposition parties to discuss their submissions to him on the 2013 national budget.

“We are working on the budget,” said Dr. Singh at a press conference held at NCN studies yesterday. He said that contrary to what some may think, work on the budget is an ongoing endeavour and has been underway for some time.

“We have been having engagements with the Opposition,” he said. I had invited them to a meeting about one month ago and we had a good discussion,” he said.

He said that at the meeting with the Opposition, the parties offered their comments and made their