The opposition PPP/C has promised a “hot” budget debate next week and several of its shadow ministers yesterday criticised aspects of the APNU+AFC government’s “taxation” budget charging that it is not for the ordinary man.
“Clearly, the budget is a taxation budget,” PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira said at a media briefing at PPP headquarters Freedom House yesterday. She said the budget debate next week will be a “hot” one and highlighted several areas of concern.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan presented a $230 billion budget last Friday and debate in the