{"id":15875,"date":"2024-01-25T17:44:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T17:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15875"},"modified":"2024-01-25T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T17:44:36","slug":"clash-over-economy-management-during-budget-debates-in-guyanas-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/clash-over-economy-management-during-budget-debates-in-guyanas-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Clash Over Economy Management During Budget Debates in Guyana&#8217;s Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In the ongoing budget debates in Guyana&#8217;s Parliament, two legislators, representing the government and the main opposition, engaged in a heated exchange over the management of the country&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition Member of Parliament Juretha Fernandes asserted that the trillion-dollar budget presented lacks benefits for ordinary citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes contended that the APNU\/AFC coalition, during its tenure from 2015 to 2020, did a better job managing the economy and criticized the current government for not doing enough to sustain the non-oil sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Minister Deodat Indar, representing the government, rebuffed Fernandes&#8217; claims, asserting that the PPP (People&#8217;s Progressive Party) has consistently produced sound economic policies with favorable outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indar argued that the economy was mismanaged under the APNU\/AFC coalition, and their policies brought tremendous hardship to the poor and vulnerable in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Indar referred to policy initiatives discontinued under the coalition but reintroduced by the PPP administration in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded by stating that Budget 2024 caters to the needs of every class of Guyanese and covers all sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clash highlights differing perspectives on the economic management of Guyana and sets the tone for further discussions during the budget debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the ongoing budget debates in Guyana&#8217;s Parliament, two legislators, representing the government and the main opposition, engaged in a heated exchange over the management of the country&#8217;s economy. Opposition&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15876,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions\/15876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}