And the PM is hoping that more land and houses will be distributed in the new year. In fact, he says he's optimistic about 2023 - yes, even despite the high inflation, the increasing cost of basic food supplies, and unyielding fuel prices.
Here's how he put it:
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"I'm very optimistic that we'll be able to do even better than what we did, 2023 we're still going to have our challenges, the inflation, the war in Ukraine, that has a direct impact on food and shipping, all of these have a direct impact, we might say what does the war in Ukraine have to do with us, well the war in Ukraine is one of the largest producers of wheat and we have to import wheat, we have to import flour, we eat flour everyday, and fertilizers because of the cost of petroleum going up everyday so these will have a tremendous effect on us and as the interest rates, as we… inflation continues to hurt us, we have to see how we could mitigate it. We have done as much as we can, we've reduced the taxes on it, we have lost, the last time we had foregone I think it's close to 30 million dollars, that 30 million dollars that we need to be able to continue the work that we're doing. But despite all of that, if we can continue ensuring that the economy continues to work, that we continue to create jobs for people, that people are working, that they can look after themselves, and that we as a government continue to be focused on improving the lives of our people I think we're going to do well."
