Agriculture Minister denies rift with Finance Minister
Any policy differences between Barbados’ Ministers of Agriculture and Finance appear to have been patched up.
Recently in Parliament, Dr David Estwick stated he did not agree with all of the measures for this year’s Budgetary proposals – a declaration which raised eyebrows on all sides of the Barbadian political landscape…
BajanReporter.com sought clarity on the apparent divergence, and was firmly informed by Dr Estwick that Cabinet has but one voice and this is the view he’s maintaining…
Readers would recall the same Dr Estwick has from time to time not only lamented his treatment by colleagues, but offered a debt solution from an overseas benefactor.
The proposal involved a $30 billion dollar purchase of debts by the United Arab Emirates, a plan which was inexplicably shelved by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart at a later date.
