P.U.P. Says I.E.’s Received Bloated Contracts by U.D.P. Government

Julius Espat

Espat also questioned the long list of contracts that have been awarded to I.E. by the U.D.P. government over the years.  He compared the Arguelles brothers to Imer Hernandez, another favourite contractor, who has received dozens of multimillion-dollar contracts from the government.

Julius Espat, Area Representative, Cayo South

“They listed as far as they could find the projects that this company was involved with under the United Democratic Party and under the leadership Dean Barrow and I’ll read some of them. The first Falcon Field Recreation Centre, six hundred forty-nine thousand dollars one hundred twenty-five awarded to I.E. Belmopan rood project one million one hundred fifty thousand four hundred fifty-seven dollars and sixty-one cents awarded to I.E. Punta Gorda Spots Complex three million one hundred ninety thousand sixty-three and forty-seven cents awarded to I.E. San Pedro Football Field two hundred sixty-three thousand dollars. Belize City Centre thirty-two million nine hundred forty thousand two hundred one dollars and thirty-four cents. The Commercial Centre City Hall as we call it City Hall Belize City occupied by the City Council by the way if anybody would like to know what the City Hall is right now go out to the building precisely right now and you see that the mops and the buckets that are there right now to be able to pick the water that is falling through the wall and the ceiling, Belize City Centre three million six hundred thousand awarded to I.E. The House of Culture renovated recently three million eight hundred thousand dollars. Placencia pier and Promenade three million dollars awarded to I.E. Belize City Fort Point Pedestrian Walkway six million dollars awarded to I.E.  Marion Jones Sports Complex Phase two, two million five hundred thousand dollars awarded to I.E. Saca Chispas Port Land Reclamation Pier San Pedro six million dollars awarded to I.E. Cayo Welcome Centre three million dollars awarded to I.E. Institute for Technical and Vocational Education and Training two million dollars awarded to I.E. Lake Independence Building which is in the process of being constructed right now nine million two hundred thousand dollars awarded to I.E. and Foreign Affairs Building fourteen million nine hundred and eight six thousand dollars awarded to I.E. and many other projects. So we added all up it comes up to a total of a hundred and three million dollars that have been awarded to one single company and this is just one company concerned to the physical infrastructure of buildings but never forget when it comes to road and building you have another name that comes up which is the infamous Imer Hernandez. It is important that a forensic audit be done immediately after the twelfth of November to get to the bottom of these situations.”