Scores of Guyanese including workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside parliament, denouncing the combined opposition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance For Change (AFC) proposal to slash the 2012 national Budget by a whopping GY$26B, mainly for agencies under the Offices of the president and Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance.
The protesters called on the AFC/APNU to trash the plan which force hundreds on the breadline.
Among the slogans the protesters are “NCN Budget cuts mean no learning channel for our children”, “opposition jealous for PPP government workaholism must stop”, ” AFC/APNU why do you want to close the Integrity Commission”, ” more cuts, more expenses, higher GPL bills’ among others.
There has been major outpouring from across the country from public servants and other citizens condemning the proposed cuts as it will have serious implications on national development.
Earlier Monday berbicians, inclusive of Sugar workers, staged a protest outside the APNU and FAC berbice offices calling for them to trashed the motions to cut the budget by GY$26B.
The pressure for the public led to a deferral of the considerations of the estimates for the Offices of the president and prime Minister and the Finance ministry until Wednesday as talks between APNU, AFC and the Government continues.
