00:01connect with us on facebook at ccn tv6 trinidad and tobago on x using the handle at tv6 tnt on
00:13instagram hashtag tv6 tnt and via our website www.tv6tnt.com the current and former ministers
00:24of finance traded words over budget figures today with former minister column imbert
00:29alleging that the estimates are all wrong while finance minister dave tanku pointed out that the
00:34budget books are titled estimates for a reason ronessa cutting housemo just realize all these
00:41estimates are wrong but it's okay remember there's an estimate and there's a revised estimate there's
00:51an estimate they're all bad notable variations in estimates and revised estimates caused the
00:57former minister of finance to voice his concern today as mps examined the 2026-2027 budget figures
01:06for the ministry of health is the minister saying that the difference between the revised estimate
01:12and the claimed actual of 60 percent is reasonable for us in this chamber to establish what happened in
01:20fiscal 2026 the 60 percent difference between what is in this book and what is allegedly the actual
01:27the use of terms alleged etc etc it's very unfortunate again may i may again again may i be allowed
01:35to
01:35complete my statement my explanation i am very comforted that the minister of health the honorable
01:42minister of health has provided a figure which is considered to be close to the actual figure
01:48for this line item thank you but the former minister questioned the budget process and even claimed that
01:55when he was minister his estimates were on point as the member is very well aware and i'm it's becoming
02:02very tedious what you do and what i use different as it's coming right well then you need to pay
02:06attention
02:06and i'm going to finish these are still not actuals and the actuals will only come at the end of
02:13i would like to respond to that that is not my experience we did not use july figures under my
02:20tenure we use figures up to september and that is a 60 that is impossible i did not to interrupt
02:28you
02:28but imbert noted that the variations ultimately impact the bottom line since the actual is 12 million
02:36more than the alleged revised would that increase the deficit for fiscal
02:422026 it probably will of course it will thank you so the deficit is inaccurate uh can i please
02:51there have been multiple instances when you go through these numbers where some of the revised
02:55estimates are higher and some are lower the estimate deficit will therefore vary depending on the total
03:02figure here not because one figure it's not because one figure is higher does it mean that the overall
03:09figure will be higher because there are more there are thousands of figures here the initial deficit
03:14projection for 2026 was just over 3.8 billion dollars but the actual was just about 7 billion
03:22the deficit for 2027 is projected at 3.639 billion tt dollars you're deliberately trying to misconstrue the
03:32information in front of you that's very disappointing you know that it doubled in 26 you know better
03:37probably you know better you know better i don't know what you are doing because what you're doing
03:43makes no sense mr chairman if i may i still have this this this is same this is the same
03:49member
03:50this is the same member who took grave offense when i said that this is the reason why he was
03:55replaced by a
03:56platform of the motorcycle to go with grave offense ranasa cutting tb6 news
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