PM defends ‘awesome’ 2027 Budget

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is de­scrib­ing the 2027 Bud­get as “awe­some” and in­sist­ing that the Gov­ern­ment’s poli­cies are de­signed to sup­port the coun­try’s most vul­ner­a­ble cit­i­zens, stim­u­late eco­nom­ic ac­tiv­i­ty and cre­ate jobs.

She is al­so dis­miss­ing Op­po­si­tion crit­i­cism of the ad­min­is­tra­tion’s plans.

Speak­ing ex­clu­sive­ly with Guardian Me­dia fol­low­ing yes­ter­day’s bud­get pre­sen­ta­tion by Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo, Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­fend­ed the pack­age, high­light­ing pro­vi­sions for vul­ner­a­ble groups, in­clud­ing se­nior cit­i­zens and per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties, along­side ini­tia­tives aimed at at­tract­ing for­eign di­rect in­vest­ment.