Budget unity

THERE IS NO DIVISION in  Freundel Stuart’s Cabinet over  any of the measures announced  in last week’s Budget.
In a statement of unity within the ranks on a Budget that  included some controversial measures, Stuart said his ministers were all committed  to ensuring that the policies announced were implemented  and he would personally see  to it that there was no “implementation deficit”.
Speaking at the Democratic Labour Party’s (DLP) 58th annual conference yesterday morning, Stuart said the Cabinet unanimously agreed on the policies to address the problems  of high debt, large fiscal deficit, balance of payment challenge  and a decline in foreign reserves.
“Cabinet came to the conclusion after some hard bargaining that we had no choice but to pursue certain courses of action. Everybody in the Cabinet room was on board in respect of what we were going to do and everybody is still on board in respect of what we have determined we have  to do,” Stuart said.  (DP)