No-confidence motion should be debated before budget – Jagdeo

Bharrat Jagdeo

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the PPP/C’s no-confidence motion against the government should be debated in the National Assembly before the presentation of the 2019 national budget.

“We are hoping that a decision would be made and the matter would be debated prior to the budget. The budget has not been presented as yet and the convention is that once a no-confidence motion is filed that it takes precedence over other issues. So, we are hoping that this will be done,” Jagdeo said during a press conference that was held at his Church Street office yesterday morning.

Hours later, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced that the 2019 budget would be presented on Monday.