SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT THREATENS TO REJECT 2021 BUDGET AND THIS IS WHY
He said the budget cuts of the legislature and judiciary have to be addressed before the figures offered by the government will be approved. Speaking on the austerity budget by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, he warned that: he will not forward the appropriation bill to the president for his assent when passed if negotiations are not done to find a common ground over the decision by the Presidency to reduce the budget by Parliament and the Judiciary. “The budget is not for the executive, we have the final power to approve or disapprove and so what the constitution has done is for them to make recommendations and negotiate during the deliberations of the budget before the House. “It is not for the executive to impose a ceiling on the judiciary or parliament, they have to do the proper thing. And so during the considerations of the [budget] estimate, particularly the committees concerned, take that on board and at the end of the day come and explain to us the negotiated figure ...