Patterson moves to court over budget allocations to constitutional agencies

APNU+AFC MP  David Patterson has filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General and Minister of Finance seeking a declaration that the consideration and approval of budget proposals of constitutional agencies by the National Assembly on September 1st was in breach of Section 80 B(2) of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA).

Patterson, who served under the former APNU+AFC coalition government as Minister of Public Infrastructure, has advanced that the proposals which were not made available to his party before September 1st breached the Act.

He is also hoping that the court would grant him a declaration that the budget and/or proposal of the Audit Office ought to have been submitted to Parliament by the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, prior to approval and consideration by the House in accordance with the FMAA.