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…must disclose details of overseas trips,Cheap NFL Jerseys, expenditures – Dr Van-West CharlesEminent politician and former Minister in the Guyana Government, Dr Richard Van-West Charles,Wholesale China Jerseys, says that President Bharrat Jagdeo needs to report more often to Parliament,Wholesale Jerseys, especially as it relates to his overseas visits and their expenditures.This, he said, was particularly important, given that the members of the National Assembly have to approve the monies that he uses for his many overseas trips.He said that the President has visited a great deal of countries but he has failed to inform the members of the Parliament exactly what has transpired on the trips overseas.“It is not simply to hold a press conference…he owes the parliament that votes the money for the functioning of the Office of the President to inform at least once a year.”He said that Jagdeo must inform them about the outputs emanating from the visits.Dr Charles told this newspaper there are very many concerns about the allocations in the budgetary process.“We do have a concern on how monies are allocated and how they are actually spent.”The Office of the President, specifically President Bharrat Jagdeo,Nike Air Max 95 Cheap, recently came under fire in the media as it relates to the cost/benefits of his many trips overseas.Leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, had charged that the President’s overseas trips over the past two and a half years, cost close to $1B.This has since been refuted the Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, who placed the figure of the expenses of the entire Government at about $200M,NFL Jerseys Supply, adding that a quick perusal of the estimates laid in the National Assembly could verify this.However, a quick perusal of the estimates to which Dr Singh referred under overseas conferences and official visits there is no figure for the Office of the President.In recent times, President Jagdeo has been to Iran, Kuwait,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Dubai and Libya among numerous other state visits. |
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