The opposition-led budget cuts could see the government faced with US$110,000—equivalent to just over $22 million—per day in overage charges if the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) expansion project is scrapped, according to the PPP.
But APNU MP and Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge says that the government is using the cuts as a political tool and attempting to manipulate the facts, while adding that the expansion has not been written off entirely but a plan is needed.
“We have a tremendous amount of legal liability because we have contracts now that we cannot discharge our obligations under,”