B.N.T.U.’s Executive Secretary Clarifies Decision-Making Process

Keisha Young

There are some, especially Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber, who wonder whether the Belize National Teachers’ Union’s president, Luke Palacio, is calling the shots himself.  Palacio maintains that the union has a collective process which it is following. Executive Secretary to the Union, Keisha Young, set the record straight.

Keisha Young, Executive Secretary, B.N.T.U.

“As a former member and officer, I believe, the Minister should be very aware that the President does not make solitary decisions. There are processes that are followed in the B.N.T.U., and what we have proposed to undertake today, is a function of all the Council of Management coming together and making the decisions that were contingent on the responses coming from membership. So in no way is Mr. Palacio solely responsible for what B.N.T.U. is undertaking.”