Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones on Monday said that while budget 2022 is the first to include oil revenues, it is full with “big bold promises” and spending but caters “very little” for the working and poor people of the country.
“It is very obvious my good Sir that this is another budget for the boys. How can it be that the fastest growing country in the world, the tax threshold has only increased from 65,000 to 75,000 which is only 2800 more in the hands of the some of the lowest income workers in this country? It is disrespectful…. This budget is full with big bold promises and spending but it is very obvious how very little it caters for the working and very poor people of this country,” Jones told the National Assembly during his presentation on the budget.
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh last Wednesday presented the $552.9 billion budget in the National Assembly.