Attorney General Anil Nandlall today presented arguments to acting Chief Justice Ian Chang, opening government’s legal bid to restore over $20B in allocations cut from the national budget.
Nandlall, who is appearing in association with Solicitor General Sita Ramlal and others, reiterated the pleadings in his ex parte application that the opposition-controlled National Assembly did not have the power to effect the cuts or to substitute estimates.
In the application, Nandlall has asked the court to grant an order vacating and/or setting aside the budget reduction as well as an interim order to allow Finance