PM Briceño Says Budget is Designed to Help Everyone

The budget debate concluded late on Friday evening. During his closing statements, Prime Minister John Briceño pointed out that the National Budget is designed to help people, not based on party politics, but everyone, based on need. And the assistance, he said, spreads across the various ministries that deal with education and scholarships, natural resources and land, and other areas of need.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“The broad reach of the budget also exposes the failure of those on the other side. Year after year, they have mostly nothing good to say about the budget, nothing but criticize, criticize and complain. I want to say to the voters of Mesopotamia, in Albert, in Queen’s Square, in Collet, in Corozal North, that you should not accept excuses from your area representatives for what is their own failure to identify and to source assistance for you, where such programs are a part of the National Budget.  The National Budget is not designed to assist only the P.U.Ps. When increments are given to the public officers deh nuh give deh because this one da U.D.P and this one da P.U.P. We give that based on merit.

Our budget is working for all the people. The Ministry of Education supports students with scholarships. Dehn nuh ask dehn if dehn da P.U.P or U.D.P. They look at what you need and give them a scholarship. The Ministry of Natural Resources, when they’re holding their clinics, dehn nuh goh and tell the people, “You have to bring a note.” Dehn tend to everybody weh show up.”