Two-term area representative for Cayo South, Julius Espat, appeared in local media last week with pointed criticism for his own party. Espat questioned why his fellow parliamentarians are not driving the decisions of the party’s National Executive, instead of “bench players” who have gotten too comfortable fighting the incumbent administration. Espat is no stranger to […]
A slew of famous Belizeans have died in recent weeks, and several of them have direct ties to the People’s United Party. A black bow has adorned the front gate of Independence Hall, the P.U.P.’s headquarters, for several weeks now following the passing of former Chief Education Officer and Mayoral candidate Doctor Cecil “Chubby” Reneau […]
The People’s United Party has offered a quick response to Wednesday’s analysis of the restructuring of the Superbond by the Prime Minister. P.U.P. Leader John Briceño says that it isn’t really a restructuring at all. The result of the U.D.P.’s abject failure to stimulate the economy, protect jobs and investments and think smartly about decisions […]
Briceño was joined by attorney Christopher Coye to explain the implications for Belize’s economy. The Prime Minister insisted on Wednesday that Belize would never enter into any stand-by arrangement, much less a full program, with the International Monetary Fund while it is in charge. But it remains a possibility, especially with the looming spectre of […]
The Government appears to have a turnaround on the issue of re-registration. The Election and Boundaries Commission had decided a few weeks ago that the exercise, postponed twice since 1997, would be postponed a third time to 2018, which is after the municipal elections and after redistricting of electoral boundaries. Following outcry, Government has written […]
Briceño was further questioned about whether it is worth it to wait for the Senate’s inquiry to be completed. The P.U.P. has a vested interest in pursuing re-registration because of the over two thousand one hundred persons it says illegally got nationality during the run-up to the 2012 general election. This, it says, tipped the […]
Comments have been limited in light of the edict of the Standing Orders on publication of evidence from within the Senate Special Select Committee; even though it is broadcasting its hearings live. But that does not prohibit public discourse and the Leader of the Opposition updated his position when questioned by News Five today. He […]
The People’s United Party was quick to respond to the Prime Minister’s latest press conference calling it nothing more than a ‘smoke and mirrors’ presentation. According to the release, Barrow and his anointed financial pundits spent much time today lauding themselves for what is nothing more than an attempt to clean up the U.D.P.’s own […]
On Thursday, Mayor Khalid Belisle launched the Belmopan City Council’s municipal bond for six point five million dollars – a venture he hopes will help to cement his place in the Capital City, especially as the Municipal Elections approach in 2018. Belisle also answered questions about his party’s purported involvement in corruption – particularly as […]
Government’s inability to make the twenty-six million dollar Super Bond payment that became due on Monday comes as no surprise to the Opposition. In fact, default on the debt obligation was anticipated, according to P.U.P. Party Leader John Briceño, who says that bold assertions made by Prime Minister Barrow back in 2012, of having fixed […]
Briceño’s premise hinges on the fact that the owners of the bond have put in place stringent conditions that, should government fail to pay the interest, taxpayers will be saddled with additional penalties. All things considered, the state of the economy, when factored into the existing predicament, also paints a rather gloomy picture. Briceño maintains […]
Following today’s announcement that teachers have secured a major win in the high court, we asked P.U.P. Party Leader John Briceño for a brief comment on the outcome of the mediation. He says that the union stayed the course in defense of its membership and that they prevailed, despite the pettiness of the Minister of […]
P.U.P. Senator Eamon Courtenay has come under fire from the ruling United Democratic Party and the Government of Belize, both of whom are demanding his immediate resignation from upper parliament. Courtenay is being asked to step down as the People’s United Party’s lead senator after filing an application challenging the constitutionality of the recently passed […]
So, what about the perceived conflict of interest purportedly arising out of business being conducted by the prime minister’s law firm with Ashcroft-related companies? The PM flatly describes that perception as a blue herring, a ploy that is being promulgated by the People’s United Party. Isani Cayetano “There’s been the issue of a conflict […]
A handful of protesters headed to the steps of the law firm, Courtenay Coye LLP, on A Street this morning as the United Democratic Party heats up its campaign against Senator Eamon Courtenay. Under the banner of an ad hoc, C.O.L.A.-styled group known as Belizeans Against Lord Ashcroft and Courtenay (BALAC), they were there to […]
The target of the protestors’ ire returned to his office just before they arrived. He had been at court for an unrelated matter and spoke briefly in response to the idea of the protest. Having been on the frontlines a time or two himself, he appreciates the importance of free speech and free will, although […]
The Government and the United Democratic Party are on a campaign claiming that Senator Eamon Courtenay is a textbook case of conflict of interest since he sits on the senate for the People’s United Party and represents the Ashcroft Group of Companies as its attorney. But Courtenay today cited many cases, including that of the […]
Courtenay says that the Crown Proceedings Amendment Law, which was passed at the same time as the Central Bank International Immunities Law, is not only unconstitutional, but a direct attack on his profession. Two lawsuits have been filed against both pieces of legislation. Courtenay explains that his firm is counsel in one of them, on […]
On Monday during the People’s United Party’s press conference, the party’s legal adviser, Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck, gave reporters a primer on the issue of legal immunity. As he explained, the new legislation passed by the Government concerns enforcement of the judgments, and for the most part have no effect as the U.S. Foreign Sovereign […]
In a release issued last Friday, government claimed that Courtenay aborted the senate inquiry to travel to Washington on another case against Belize even though an important witness was to testify. The case in DC was in relation to the Universal Health Services (UHS) loan from the Belize Bank. While addressing government’s claim, Courtenay says […]
But when all is said and done is the senator being used as a scapegoat to deflect from the major financial problems of the country, including a proposed increase in taxes that is to come in the new budget? Courtenay says that the people must not be distracted from the real issues the country is […]
The People’s United Party has rallied support behind its leader in the Senate, Eamon Courtenay, amid calls for his removal by the United Democratic Party and the Government of Belize. The U.D.P. and G.O.B., which in this case are identical but not one and the same, charge that Courtenay has been working for the companies […]
At a press conference this afternoon, the P.U.P. also spoke of the party’s positions on various issues including the nationality rush prior to the 2012 elections. We will have that for you shortly, but the P.U.P. has revealed information of an alleged plan to cover up a deficit of two hundred million dollars and a […]
Turning to the latest in the party’s ongoing fight to redeem itself for its unexpected and stupefying loss in the 2012 general elections. The party secured fourteen seats to seventeen for the U.D.P., and came within sixty-one votes of two more that would have given them power: Cayo Northeast, and Cayo Central. In December, party […]
Senior Counsel Andrew Marshalleck has been advising the People’s United Party as its legal adviser on the question of the Central Bank (International Immunities) Act and Crown Proceedings (Amendment) Act, passed in the National Assembly at the end of January. The former was intended as a further shield to the national reserves from the assault […]
