{"id":192561,"date":"2023-12-20T05:58:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=192561"},"modified":"2023-12-20T05:58:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T09:58:48","slug":"house-of-representatives-passes-budget-2024-without-participation-from-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/house-of-representatives-passes-budget-2024-without-participation-from-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Representatives passes Budget 2024 without participation from Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday evening passed the 2024 national Budget (Appropriation Bill 2023) without the participation of the Opposition in the House in what appeared to have been a boycott.<\/p>

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The $1.9 Budget was passed by the House following presentations from the members on the government bench.<\/p>\n

Each member during their presentation said that the actions of the Opposition to not appear for the debate on the grounds that they wanted the debate to commence on Thursday this week on the Budget presented Friday last by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance the Hon. Gaston Browne, was irresponsible.<\/p>

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Government made a compromise by moving the original debate period from Monday to Tuesday, however the Opposition were unwilling to move from their requested day of Thursday.<\/p>

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The Ministry of Education, Creative Industries and Innovations\u00a0 received the lion share of the budget, with its recurrent expenditure tagged at $198.6 Million.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s Ministry and the Ministry of Finance and Public Private Partnerships received $177.7 Million, while the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment was allocated $160. 5 Million.<\/p>

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The Senate will meet on Friday 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0December to commence debate on the Bill.<\/p>\n

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