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Paying through the nose
Dear Editor,
I listened and did not hear any mention of the below fact as hidden in the budget estimates as presented by Ashni Singh:
Appendix S page 573 – Line item no 6013 – Pensions and Gratuities to President, Parliamentarians and Holders:
The total provision in 2011 was G$37.7 million. The actual in 2012 was G$233.4 million. This is an increase G$195.7 million.
This is the true import of the cost of that Presidential Pension package that Janet Jagan had asked Bharrat Jagdeo not to advance as it was un-PPP like to do so. Did Bharrat listen? Obviously, NO!
So the Guyanese taxpayers are paying through their noses. Can Guyanese sustain this extravagance?
Lionel Peters
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