The Op­po­si­tion's shad­ow fi­nance min­is­ter, Bri­an Man­ning, has de­liv­ered a scathing cri­tique of the gov­ern­ment’s han­dling of the na­tion­al econ­o­my, ac­cus­ing the ad­min­is­tra­tion of of­fer­ing lit­tle more than “gob­bledy­gook” in place of a clear, ac­tion­able plan.

Speak­ing at a me­dia brief­ing on Tues­day at the Of­fice of the Op­po­si­tion Leader along Charles Street, Port-of-Spain, Man­ning said the coun­try con­tin­ues to reel from eco­nom­ic un­cer­tain­ty, and the pop­u­la­tion is be­ing fed vague state­ments and emp­ty promis­es in­stead of a well-de­fined strat­e­gy for rev­enue cre­ation and job gen­er­a­tion.

“All we have heard from this gov­ern­ment is gob­bledy­gook from the gov­ern­ment. We have heard no clear strat­e­gy or plan in terms of rev­enue gen­er­a­tion for this econ­o­my. We have heard noth­ing in terms of cre­at­ing em­ploy­ment for the peo­ple of this coun­try, and that is the ma­jor con­cern,” Man­ning said.