By Bebi Oosman
Bemoaning the rising cost of living, APNU+AFC Parliamentarian, Khemraj Ramjattan on Tuesday said that he cannot support the 2023 budget and he argued that his government’s decision to “right-size” the sugar industry was a transformational one.
Ramjattan in his presentation in parliament pointed out that before the 2023 budget, some $13b had already been spent by the PPP/C Government on the sugar industry “and we are today going to spend another $4b behind sugar.”
He stated, “What was transformational was the right-sizing of the sugar industry so that you don’t pour good money behind bad sectors, billions and billions of dollars… To spend so much money on sugar is pouring good money behind bad Mr. Finance Minister…”
