For­mer fi­nance min­is­ter Mar­i­ano Browne says To­ba­go’s $4.12 bil­lion bud­get re­quest for fis­cal 2027 may be am­bi­tious, but warned the fi­nal al­lo­ca­tion will de­pend on the coun­try’s fis­cal con­straints and the Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo’s abil­i­ty to bal­ance com­pet­ing pri­or­i­ties.

Fol­low­ing the THA’s bud­get pre­sen­ta­tion on Mon­day, Browne told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day that while To­ba­go can re­quest what it be­lieves is nec­es­sary, the re­al­i­ty is the Cen­tral Gov­ern­ment is al­ready un­der pres­sure.

“I’m on­ly look­ing at the size of the bud­get rel­a­tive to the Min­is­ter of Fi­nance and the dif­fi­cul­ties. I think he doesn’t have the cash to give them all that they want,” Browne said.