St. Vincent’s opposition raises concerns about YES campaign

St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition leader Arnhim Eustace has raised concerns as to why just under US$2 million had been approved by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to fund the government’s constitution referendum campaign.



Eustace, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, has written to the Director of Audit regarding the Special Warrant applied for by Cabinet Secretary Bernard Morgan on August 12.



According to the letter, Prime Minister Gonsalves, in his capacity as Minister of Finance, approved the application, which was made under a miscellaneous account of the Office of the Prime Minister for the “Vote Yes Campaign”.



The “Vote Yes Campaign” is being run by the government in an attempt to get a 67 per cent majority when Vincentians vote on a proposed revised constitution on November 25.



But the opposition leader said there were no details on how the money was to be spent.