The leaders of the two parliamentary opposition groups plan to hold government accountable for spending not approved in this year’s national budget and at least one of them is prepared to take the matter all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) if necessary.
In April, the opposition slashed $31 billion from the $208.8 billion 2013 budget. The $20 billion allocation for the Low Carbon Development Strategy was cut by $19 billion; $5.2 billion was cut from the $10.2 billion proposed for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL); $1.2 billion for the specialty hospital project was also snipped along with the entire air transport allocation of $5.63 billion under the Ministry of Public Works. Also coming under the knife was GINA, which had its allocation of $135.858 million reduced to $1; NCN’s $81.337 million subvention was also cut to $1.
Speaking to Stabroek News, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of APNU David Granger said the
