The $908 million budget for the Office of the Prime Minister was approved by the Committee of Supply yesterday although questions remain unanswered about the location of funds that were previously allocated for constitutional reform, while the Prime Minister was circumspect about progress in this area next year.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo told the Committee that sums allocated for constitutional reform in 2018, which were vired to other line items within the current account of his office, will be returned to the Consolidated Fund.
Nagamootoo said his office will be returning more than $65 million to the treasury because work in constitutional reform did not progress as anticipated in 2018.
