President David Granger is not convinced that his ministers have been embarking on non-essential travel.
In fact, he maintains that his Cabinet ensures that all travel done by ministers is in the “national interest.”
The president was asked this week on the televised programme, “The Public Interest,” whether he believed ministers of government were engaging in non-essential travel and if this matter had been discussed.
In response, he explained that ministerial travel “is a matter that has been discussed at Cabinet.”
“Cabinet has to approve every overseas trip. Whether it is essential or not is something we discuss and make a decision in the national interest. I don’t think that you can say that we embark on non-essential trips. It is something scrutinised at ministerial and cabinet level and we try to ensure that every trip is necessary,” the president said.
