The Agriculture Ministry’s allocation in this year’s budget was last night approved untouched despite the opposition’s original plan to trim some of the moneys
All-clear for the ministry came after satisfactory explanations by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy and his promises to back up his positions.
Up to press time this morning, the opposition had not yet snipped any of the planned expenditure and in addition to agriculture, foreign affairs and legal affairs also saw their allocations being approved in their entirety.
Consideration of the estimates started last evening after a momentous ruling by Speaker Raphael Trotman in favour of the opposition to cut expenditure if it so desired.
The Alliance For Change had originally indicated that if Ramsammy was not able to satisfactorily
