WEDNESDAY 18th JANUARY, 2023
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A budget for all Guyanese
No. 106966
— President Ali rebuffs Opposition Leader’s ‘friends-and-family’ claims regarding Budget 2023 — says every citizen is catered for under the umbrella of ‘One Guyana’ By Clestine Juan
PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali on Tuesday dismissed claims made by Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, regarding
the 2023 Budget, noting that every Guyanese is his family and they all will benefit from the government’s fiscal plans. “I’m just as shocked and surprised. But what
more can we expect? Where there is emptiness, there is a lot of noise,” the President said during a press conference at State House, on Tuesday. Norton, in his reaction
to Budget 2023 said: “This budget, in my opinion, is a marked failure. The most critical thing at this stage is inflation, and what inflation is doing to our country, and there are ab-
solutely no measures in this budget to deal with inflation.” “In large measure, this budget is a very large budget that puts a lot of resources in the hands
of the PPP elites, their families, friends and favourites. This is not a budget for the people,” Norton said. (Full story on page 3)
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