-says budget tailored along neo liberal, pro-business lines
In a candid assessment, Audit firm Ram and McRae have called out the recently presented 2019 budget for having little to no provisions for the poor, women and gender issues and other critical matters like the Berbice Bridge, now headed to court after government took it over.
In its annual publication of Budget focus the firm which was founded by anti-corruption advocate Christopher Ram, acknowledged the provisions in the budget for people with disabilities, the employed and self-employed and Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s stamina for having presented the almost five hour long budget speech uninterrupted.
According to the firm, however, the budget “is silent on women and gender issues, single mothers, the unemployed, including the recently unemployed, the National Insurance Scheme and the Berbice Bridge which the Government took over earlier this month.”
