Jordan defends pro-people budget

Finance Winston Jordan during his presentation on the Fiscal Management and Accountability (Amendment) Bill 2015 in the National Assembly on Thursday. (Keno George photo)

Rejecting former president Bharrat Jagdeo’s criticisms of the proposed 2015 budget as nonsensical, Finance Minister Winston Jordan early this morning told the National Assembly that the public’s reaction has been positive and encouraging.

Jordan’s presentation, which ended around 1:30am, brought the curtains down on the budget debate, although the opposition parliamentarians had walked out hours before at the conclusion of Jagdeo’s address.

Both sides of the House will use the remainder of the weekend to prepare for three full days of the