Opposition Leader Addresses Errors in Definitive Agreement Testimony

The redistricting issue was one of several matters addressed today by the opposition leader. Another had to do with the letter sent by David Gegg to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Eddie Webster.  As we reported yesterday, Gegg indicated that there were some errors made in his testimony last month regarding the knowledge of the Definitive Agreement by several ministers including the Prime Minister. Gegg, in the letter, explained that he had misspelt the name, BRICENO and so the email never reached the Prime Minister. He further indicated that he had erred in not attaching the agreement in the email sent to Minister Anthony Mahler. It is somewhat of a big pill to swallow, considering the gravity of the agreement, the millions of dollars invested and the urgent need at the time, to have the cruise port developed. Weighing in on the matter was Opposition Leader, Shyne Barrow.

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition: “Only the most important deal of his life and now he sent the email to Breceno rather than Briceno right now? Only the most important deal of his life so there are questions that need to be asked and so we demand that the Senate Select Committee call the Prime Minister, call Eamon Courtenay, call Minister Mahler, call the Minister of State Chris Coye. All of these people should be called to the Senate Select Committee because no Belizean is above the law. When they had the special inquiry the former Prime Minister made himself available, the former minister current area representative of Corozal North made himself available, that’s the way it is. So we hope that the same way the Senate Select Committee is after Irwin Contreras to appear before the Senate Select Committee that they will be after the Prime Minister to answer the questions because there are so many contradictions in the position of the Prime Minister and his ministers. David Gegg is saying that he sent all of the ministers that I mentioned the definitive agreement on an email now he’s saying he didn’t attach the definitive agreement. So the contradiction in itself demands that all the players come before the Senate Select Committee.”