In a scathing parliamentary address, Opposition Leader Ralph Gonsalves has launched extraordinary allegations against Prime Minister Godwin Friday’s administration, claiming the recently delivered national budget was partially authored by artificial intelligence. The controversial remarks came during Tuesday’s parliamentary debate following Monday’s budget presentation—the first by a New Democratic Party finance minister since 2001.
Gonsalves characterized the EC$1.9 billion fiscal package as “unimaginative in its strategic thrust” and accused the government of “treading water dangerously” amid regional economic turmoil. He particularly criticized the administration’s commitment to establishing a Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program, calling it a “terrible policy pronouncement” that represents vain hope rather than substantive economic strategy.
The opposition leader asserted that the budget speech suffered from fundamental incoherence and internal contradictions, which he attributed to multiple authors including AI-generated content. “I recognize the language. He himself wrote a few small portions,” Gonsalves stated, claiming two principal advisors composed most of the address while ChatGPT contributed as a “non-human author.”
Gonsalves identified specific alleged evidence of AI involvement, including excessive use of dashes without spacing, random bold formatting inconsistencies, and clusters of short one-sentence paragraphs—which he described as “hallmark ChatGPT giveaways.” He further criticized that human authors ignored the AI’s editing advice, resulting in repetitive elements and questionable data points.
The opposition leader concluded that the NDP government has experienced “the shortest honeymoon in human history” with growing public dissatisfaction after just nine weeks in office. The budget debate continues through Friday, when Prime Minister Friday is expected to formally respond to these allegations.