The Opposition will be challenging the passage of the 2017 Budget in the Supreme Court.
The Opposition says the budget bulldozed through by the government using its numerical strength was indeed not a Bill as the figures do not correspond.
The Appropriation Bill reads as over “K21 billion kina signed by the first legislative council” whilst the Treasurer’s speech confirmed the figure to be K12.9 billion.
Opposition Leader, Don Polye who led the Opposition to storm out of the Parliament chamber in protest held a late press conference in which he said there was a major error by the government.
“We will challenge the government in court to stop the government from implementing the budget as it is defective and misleading,” Polye said.
“The government had committed a fraud and I call on Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and Treasurer, Patrick Pruaitch, Finance Minister James Marape and Planning Minister, Charles Abel to resign immediately,” he said.