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the plan of action that we promised. That is the plan of
action that we are pursuing.
In this Budget, at the one-year mark of our mandate,
I will speak frankly to:
Ø what our Government said it would do at this time
last year and what has so far been achieved;
Ø what further actions we are implementing in core
priority areas in the new Budget year; and
Ø our fiscal action plan to address the pressures that
we face and to ensure that we meet the mandated
fiscal
objectives
of
the
proposed
Fiscal
Responsibility law.
Mr. Speaker,
Bahamians have long heard, and indeed have come
to be skeptical about, the words “strong leadership”,
“responsibility”, “transparency” and “accountability” that
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