APNU to propose budget cuts of its own

APNU MP Jaipaul Sharma speaking in parliament yesterday

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said yesterday that it intends to propose cuts of its own to the budget and it is still to coordinate with the seven-seat Alliance For Change with a view to ironing out which of that party’s proposed cuts it will be supporting.

APNU held a hurriedly announced press conference in one of the committee rooms in Parliament at the evening break during the consideration of the estimates yesterday. In attendance were Leader of the Opposition David Granger, Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer and Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams.

The party also gave its reaction to the ruling by Speaker of the