APNU+AFC MP Christopher Jones yesterday took the government to task over its proposed 2021 national budget, saying that it has failed to address the challenges and economic hardships that have been imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on many Guyanese.
During the budget debate yesterday, Jones told the National Assembly that for a second time since last year the PPP/C government failed to introduce a COVID-19 recovery plan.
“In my 2020 budget presentation, I emphasised that what was frightening to every Guyanese was the fact that budget 2020 was devoid of a COVID recovery plan. It is even more alarming that almost a year into the pandemic this regime presents budget 2021 in this house, similar in scope and is also devoid of a COVID recovery plan,” Jones told the House during his contribution.
