Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo says investors are eager to invest in Trinidad and Tobago, as he closed debate in the early hours of Tuesday morning following his mid-year budget presentation.

Closing the debate on the Mid-Year Budget Review early on Tuesday morning, he defended the government’s economic record over the past year, insisting Trinidad and Tobago is on the rise despite criticism from the opposition.

“And I really have to speak to my Director of Budgets to find out if he could find enough money to give both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Energy sufficient funding to buy a stronger door because investors across the world are knocking and beating down on the doors of Trinidad and Tobago. They want to invest in this country. They’re breaking down the doors. They want to invest in Trinidad and Tobago, but those people on the other side, the most unpatriotic bunch of individuals I’ve ever seen in my life, Mr Speaker, all they want to see is this country fail.”