The obscenity here is that the consiglieri of the PPP crime family can with a straight face insist that the opposition has no say in budget development and implementation in a democracy.

The National Assembly of Guyana cannot disregard or flout the ruling of the court regardless if that ruling is a preliminary one.
It is incumbent on the National Assembly to respect the ruling of the court in so far as interpretations of the Constitution of Guyana are concerned or in so far as the court is being asked to determine whether actions are ultra vires of the Constitution.
In July of last year, the Chief Justice of Guyana in a cogent judgment ruled that the National Assembly may approve or disapprove the estimates of expenditure of the Budget but cannot cut such estimates as presented by the Executive.
The ruling was sound and followed a line of reasoning and which can be summarized as follows:
1. It is the executive who has the constitutional responsibility for managing the affairs of the country and thus for preparing the Budget estimates.
2. It is the Minister of Finance (or a designated minister) who bears the responsibility for preparing and laying the estimates before the House.
3. Article 218(2) of the Constitution gives the National Assembly the power to approve the estimates of expenditure only. (The approval of the National Assembly is not required for the estimates or revenue.) There is an inherent corollary to disapprove.
4. Article 218(2) was drafted on the assumption that approval of the estimates would eventually occur. Final non- approval is not an option contemplated by the constitution.
5. If the estimates of expenditure are disapproved, it is for the Minister of Finance to go back to the drawing Board and revise the estimates of expenditure. It is not for the National Assembly to cut or reduce the estimates of expenditure.
6. If the National Assembly were to disapprove the estimates, the Minister of Finance must have the option to present amended estimates.
7. If the National Assembly were to cut the estimates, it would mean that it is the National Assembly that is both determining and approving the estimates rather than the Minister determining and the National Assembly approving.
8. For the National Assembly to both determine and approve the estimates would be in violation of the separation of powers.
9. Further, if the drafters of the Constitution had wanted to grant to the National Assembly the right to determine the Budget, they would have conferred such powers on it in expressed terms as is the case in other jurisdictions.

Get it in your head, the legitimacy of any authority is not merely constitutional but the fact it is moral, appropriate and it stands on secure democratic foundations. There is such a high degree of hypocrisy for the PPP to claim it is democratic when they appeal to autocratic principles it is not even funny. We do not want dictators. We want accountable, responsible transparent government....all of which the PPP are not!!! There can be no legitimacy to an amoral doctrine in the constitution.

STUPID as STUPID BE!!!

The constitution makes it crystal clear, the joint opposition has NO POWER to cut the National Budget!!!!

YEA BOI ALUH GAT DE BURNHAM LAW PUN YUH SIDE. NAH MATTA WAH DE MAJORITY SEH. ALUH GAT DA LAW FUH RAPE DE POOR PEOPLE MONEY. 

So stop braying and enjoy the ride.

Nehru, like somebody highjack PRK handle, or she talking in front a bottle of moonshine.  

Meh nah drink cheap run lika you and ganga. get da strait. 

what can one say of the assessment of he who brays!