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A bigger slice for Tobago
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Workers reinforce a riverbank to prevent landslides at Manswell Trace, Castara Village, Tobago. Tobagonians have called for a larger allocation of the national budget. - DAVID REID
A parliamentary committee has recommended Tobago get 6.8 per cent of the national budget.
That’s an almost 70 per cent increase in the island’s current mandatory share of 4.03 per cent.
However, Tobagonians are not happy with the proposal and have called for a higher minimum allocation.
We think this issue should not be one settled by whim or fancy. Tobago’s share in the overall fiscal pie needs to reflect its revenue generation, its productivity and its special developmental needs – all weighed in accordance with a carefully devised economic stimulus plan.
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Economist Dr Vanus James has described the Draft Constitution Amendment Bill (Tobago Self Government Bill) as a constitutional illusion.
James, a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) supporter, said the draft bill, currently made public by Parliament s Joint Select Committee for consideration, does not allow Tobagonians the equality they desire.
In a recent interview, James told Newsday the promises in the explanatory note, that Tobagonians will be able to make their own choices and manage their own affairs, are blocked by many specific provisions of the bill.
He said, “Indeed, the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill is a kind of constitutional illusion designed to fool the unwary Tobagonian into seeing two things that are not really there – equality of status and self-determination.”
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