In an apparent about-face, the government has also decided not to pursue a bridge finance loan that would have been worth up to $1 billion, James Avedzi, head of the parliamentary finance committee, told Reuters.
The government said in a memo to parliament in March it had started talks over the loan with a consortium including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Belstar Capital and hoped to complete it before July.
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