Suffice it to say for now, our constitutional framework has been put to the test, the boundaries of parliamentary norms and traditions have been stretched, new judicial interpretations have had to be sought and obtained, and legislative decision making in support of national development has become considerably more complicated and significantly more protracted than ever before. The headlines and conversations have been firmly seized and largely dominated by the more graphic parliamentary impasses, such as those on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) and the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) (Amendment) Bills. These instances are illustrative of the gravely debilitating consequences of legislative stalemate. Amidst all this and more, including persistently unhelpful external conditions, the task before this People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has been to ensure that progress and development are not stymied or slowed in our country, a task to which we have remained resolutely faithful and at which we have still managed to accomplish much - Min Finance Dr Ashni Singh during his presentation of the 2014 budget
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:47:09 +0000
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