Economist and UWP Senator not optimistic about DLP government’s proposed 2016/2017 National Budget

Economist and UWP Senator Dr. Thompson Fontaine says he does not share the optimism and expectations of results, from Dominica’s 2016/2017 National Budget, as being stated by the Prime Minister and the ruling DLP administration.
 
Recently Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit spoke about many positive things that will result from the implementation of the provisions contained in the National budget. He had this to say:

Meanwhile Dr. Fontaine noted that the best guide for predicting future performance is mainly past performance, and in that regard, he says based on the unproductive results and trends displayed by the DLP administration, in terms of development over the past 15 years, it is most likely nothing will be different in this fiscal year.

Economist and UWP Senator Dr. Thompson Fontaine