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Over $11.2Billion was on Tuesday approved by the National Assembly as current and capital spending for the 16 Constitutional agencies for 2020.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill tabled the estimates on behalf of the Government at the first sitting of the National Assembly of the 12th Parliament, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
All the sums proposed were later approved unamended and unopposed. These include:
| Constitutional Agencies | Budget Approved |
| Parliament Office | $1.799 Billion |
| Office of the Auditor General | $908.636 Million |
| Public and Police Service Commission | $150.636 Million |
| Teaching Service Commission | 117,075 Million |
| Guyana Elections Commission | $4.943 Billion |
| Supreme Court of Judicature | $2. 443 Billion |
| Chambers of Director of Public Prosecution | $226,822 Million |
| Office of the Ombudsman | $70,001 Million |
| Public Service Appellate Tribunal | 40. 911 Million. |
| Ethnic Relations Commission | $220,802 Million |
| Judicial Service Commission | $10. 020 Million |
| Indigenous People’s Commission | $24. 392 Million |
| Human Rights Commission | $25. 958 Million |
| Rights of the Child Commission | $46. 095 Million |
| Women and Gender Equality Commission | $58. 460 Million |
| Public Procurement Commission | $58.327 Million |
