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DIEGO Martin West MP Hans des Vignes accused government MPs of offering very little in terms of concrete proposals for the economy and in turn being proud of their ignorance, speaking on the Mid-Year Review on June 23 in the House of Representatives.

He said while the IMF has praised TT for its sustained economic after the covid19 pandemic, by contrast the UNC has claimed the former government has taken the country to the brink of economic ruin.

Des Vignes said what the government was describing as "arrears" left by the former administration were in fact simply a payment schedule. He accused the government of now having ballooned the country's total deficit to date to $9.67 billion. Des Vignes said this was the largest deficit inclusive of the Mid-Year Review in years, yet the government had no plan to fund it.