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Which Way Will the Big Vote Go?
posted (August 30, 2018)

So…tomorrow’s going to be a big one at the House of Representatives.  The Prime Minister as Minister of Finance will table the appropriations bill to pay the 95 million dollar compensation award for the Universal Health Services debt.  The vote will surely go to a division - where each member will have to state their vote: do they vote to pay, or not to pay?

It is widely felt that the UDP majority will vote “no”, while up to yesterday, the PUP were still hemming and hawing - and the party may take a position to simply abstain form the vote.  It’s a tough spot for the blue side, because as we have reported, the genesis of the problem was a secret guarantee signed during the Musa Administration.

And while we’ll be there to capture how it all goes down, what are the streets saying about how the representatives should vote? That’s what we asked this evening on Albert Street:..

Join us tomorrow night for full coverage of the House meeting.

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