DLP government has spent money to make people ‘Poor’ says Lennox Linton

Dominica’s budget for the financial year 2019-2020 was presented in parliament on Tuesday, the budget which is claimed to be the biggest in the history of Dominica was presented by the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit. On the one side, DLP is claiming budget as a success, and on the other hand, the opposition is lashing on the government for misleading the public.

Leader of opposition and PM candidate of United Worker’s Party (UWP) Lennox Linton allegedly targeted the government, he said , “ this administration has spent more and more of the people’s money on making people poorer, destroying their quality of life and rendering them more and more incapable of making their own money, being their own people, taking care of their families and living lives of dignity. Indeed, the most disgraceful performance record of this administration is the more money it receives to develop the country and help the people, the worse off the people become.”

Lennox Linton also raised questions over the credibility of all the budgets presented by the DLP government in the past nineteen years, he said “all the budgets lacked credibility, these Labour Party Budgets are not the products of an effectively anchored, bi-partisan parliamentary mechanism to decide on and fund the growth and development priorities of Dominica.”

Linton also said that UWP has come to parliament for four straight years with constructive proposals for improving the formulation process of the budget, but there has been a deafening silence over the subject. He claimed that his party has even highlighted changes which are required in means of changing the government.

Lennox Linton promised that if United Workers Party (UWP) wins the upcoming general elections then, budgetary allocations will be effectively implemented by the ministries and agencies of government to secure the intended development benefits. Revenue collection and spending as authorized in the budget will be subjected to proper oversight throughout the year by adequately empowered Public Accounts Committee, the Audit Department, the Budget Office, and line ministries as appropriate.