By Suraj Narine The much anticipated 2017 National Budget Debates kicked off at the Parliament Building,Opposition Parliamentarian,Wholesale Jerseys China, Irfaan Ali delivering remarks in the National Assembly yesterday morning.Georgetown yesterday with members of the Main Parliamentary Opposition collectively calling for the withdrawal of Finance Minister, Winston Jordan’s proposed $250B National Budget that was presented in the National Assembly last week Monday.Leading the charge on the Opposition side was Member of Parliament (MP) and former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali.The MP told the House that 2017 Budget – like the 2016 National Budget is riddled with “inaccuracies” regarding the State’s economic performance, compounded with an extensive range of new punitive taxes devoid of measures to rescue the ailing economy and to improve the well-being of citizens.“Mr. Speaker, the “hocus pocus”, anaemic, and inimical Budget 2017, has sapped Guyanese confidence, stoked uncertainty and rekindled the dark era of the 1980s. If one is to look at the performance of our key economic sectors in 2016,Cheap NBA Jerseys, the figures will reveal a dull and ominous tale,” Ali said.He continued that despite this, the early presentation of the 2017 National Budget is aOpposition MP, Yvonne Pearson wearing a traditional Headdress making a point in the National Assembly yesterday.“wimpish” move by the Government to jink all scrutiny on the “failed” performance of the economy in 2016.The vocal Ali further stated that the once healthy economy is now paralysed. He blames the government for this. He singled out the ‘poor’ policies of the administration which he said, generated uncertainty that led to the Private Sector being discouraged.Ali posited also, that the government has failed to balance the imposed tax measures with the creation of opportunities – opportunities he said, that would have somehow cushion the blow.Ali called on the Government to withdraw the 2017 Budget and engage the Opposition to craft one that will deliver good tidings to the citizenry. His call was amplified by the rhythmical tapping coming from his colleagues, many of whom shouted in unison, “Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw.”He added that based on the signals from the Private Sector, the new taxes will not be absorbed by businesses but rather, shifted to ordinary customers. He said that the “ultimate losers” will be the ordinary man.A brace yuhself budget – says Priya ManickchandMeanwhile, Opposition MP,NFL Jerseys From China, Priya Manickchand, during her presentation said that theOpposition Parliamentarian, Priya Manickchand making a point during Day One of the Budget Debates yesterday.proposed 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on agencies procuring products and services, will take away more than $1B from the Education department.This she said will decrease the performance within the sector.During the Finance Minister’s Budget Presentation, he announced that Budget Agencies – including the Ministry of Education will now have to pay VAT on all goods and services purchased. Manickchand said that this means: fewer schools; fewer services; less training and less access.She also spoke about the Value Added Tax in relation to Private Schools where she quipped that if these schools pull out, whether the Public Schools will be able to accommodate the 15,000 persons that rely on these private learning institutions.With the removal of the zero-rated arrangement that existed in the medical services and supplies sector, Manickchand said that the citizens “can’t afford to get a headache” because the prices for medication will increase.Manickchand exploded, “You are taxing our pets? Everything will go up. This is what thePassersby taking a minute out to listen to the Budget Debate yesterday.Budget is about. This is a brace yuhself Budget…The quality of life that Guyanese are accustomed to will cease to exist,”The former Education Minister did not stop there. She went to say that the many promises made by the Administration while it was in the opposition, can be deemed as lies – “A big fat lie,”Manickchand said that the Budget falls short of what was expected by many Guyanese including herself. She said that the Budget lacks innovation and labelled it as a “Stop-Gap Budget”.Death Announcement Budget – says Joe HamiltonThe Coalition Government on November 28, 2016, delivered the first, in over two decades, a “death announcement” Budget, said Joseph Hamilton, a former member of the People’s National Congress.The MP took the Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, to task saying that all the Guyanese people have been hearing in the past three Budgets presented by the Administration is ‘We will’.Hamilton queried where were the jobs that were supposed to come on-stream. He further condemned the B