Following a two month recess, the National Assembly will resume sitting on Thursday, when government is expected to table a financial paper for a supplementary of more than $7.5 billion, which is expected to cater for outstanding severance payments to laid off sugar workers, among other things.
The sitting, which is scheduled to be opened with an address from President David Granger, will also see the tabling of the 2017 Auditor General’s Report.
According to the Order Paper disseminated by the Parliament Office, Financial Paper No. 3/2018 will request Supplementary Estimates, totalling $7,584,274,488, for the period January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2018.
