(Kaieteur News) – Amid loud chants for the resignation of two sitting ministers of government, a $54.9B request for supplementary funding was approved in the National Assembly on Monday afternoon.

As the first business on the agenda, Financial Paper Number One of 2026 to the tune of $54,889,259,163 was approved without any scrutiny from the opposition benches. Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) were at the time protesting in the dome of the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC), Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown demanding the resignation of Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar.

As the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs concluded prayers and attempted to move to messages from the President, the opposition MPs bounced out of their seats, and began calling for the resignation of Edghill and Indar.