CJ puts temporary hold on spending from IDB loans

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang on Wednesday granted an interim order that effectively prevents the government from accessing funds secured from two recent Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loans until a legal challenge brought by former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge is fully heard and determined.

Greenidge last month filed an application to prevent the government from accessing the funds outside of the Consolidated Fund and the required Appropriation Act.

Justice Chang additionally granted the defendants in the case, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and