Budget bill passes in Parliament with opposition party abstaining
Parliament voted to pass the National Coalition for Caymanians first budget, with the bill passing in spite of four members of the opposition choosing to abstain.
The Appropriation (Financial Years 2026 and 2027) Bill, 2025 was passed with 11 votes in favour, no votes against and four abstentions from opposition leader Joey Hew, opposition deputy leader Kenneth Bryan, Pearlina McGaw-Lumsden and Roy Tatum. Four MPs – Katherine Ebanks-Wilks, Roy McTaggart, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and Dwayne Seymour were absent. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Nov 24, 2025 04:04 PM