YESTERDAY’S MORE THAN five-hour Estimates presentation by Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler was nothing more than an admission of absolute failure, charged Opposition Leader Mia Mottley (below).
And she has accepted an invitation from Sinckler to give recommendations on how to salvage the island’s economy from its dire state, although she said she had offered solutions in the past. 
In her presentation in the House of Assembly which lasted just under an hour, Mottley blasted Government for its handling of the economy that left the country with just under ten weeks of foreign reserves.
She said the minister had long denied that Barbados was in deep financial problems and that there would be no layoffs and increase in fees, yet that occurred. (AC)
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