Although finding that the National Assembly did not have the power to cut the budget, acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday said in an interim ruling that the court could not restore the funding sought by government, except for allocations to the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to perform its constitutional duties.
Justice Chang, in his decision on the ex parte application by Attorney General Anil Nandlall for an order to allow Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh to be permitted to withdraw monies