Budget 2025 was not crafted with elections in mind- PM Phillips

PM Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips during a public outreach

Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips is not taking lightly criticisms by political opponents claiming that the 2025 Budget was crafted with the upcoming elections in mind. The PM is adamant that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is merely continuing its work in providing meaningful benefits to citizens.

In a report by the government’s Department of information (DPI) it was noted that the whopping $1.38 trillion budget that was proposed in the National Assembly last Friday was crafted with a central focus on meeting the needs of the people and fast-tracking the country’s socioeconomic development, the PM’s said during the airing of the National Communications Network (NCN) programme ‘Budget in focus’.

The PM asserted that, “Budget 2025 signifies a continuation of a development process that started when we took office in August 2020…it is the fifth developmental budget, it’s like putting the icing on the cake. It has nothing to do with elections, it has to do with development,” the prime minister emphasised.  He said that the country has moved from a restricted-like approach to one that is limitless with opportunities and modern infrastructure.

To further propel this achievement, the government, in its fifth year, decided to establish a rigorous scheme based on the feedback of the Guyanese population. “Like myself and all the other ministers and the president, we go into communities and meet the people. Those people have been complaining and so what we decided to do is to craft a development plan to improve the livelihoods of the people.” Prime Minister Phillips stated.