Government is ignoring the Constitution and finance laws by clearing contracts for new projects in the absence of a budget, attorney Christopher Ram has said.
“If the Constitution and the (Fiscal Management and Accountability Act) FMAA were to be respected and applied, the government can legitimately spend on salaries and wages, repairs and maintenance, pensions and utilities and other recurrent expenditure on existing programmes and projects but not to commence any new projects, incur any new capital expenditure, grant any subsidies or make any payments not related to the ongoing delivery of normal services of Government,” Ram wrote in a posting on his blog. He said that there are several developments that suggest that this is not an abstract question but a real, practical one.
“Offering evidence of a complete disregard for the Constitution and the FMAA, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon announced that
