Over $1 billion has been allocated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the payment of legal fees associated with Guyana’s move to the International Court of Justice for the adjudication of its border controversy with Venezuela, Minister Carl Greenidge revealed on Monday after being questioned by Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira during the consideration of the planned expenditure for next year.
After more than an hour of back and forth between the minister and opposition members, the $6.8 billion in estimates were approved by the Committee of Supply.
Teixeira rose to the floor and posed questions to Greenidge about spending listed under the line item 6284, which was headlined “other.”
