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| Churches Say “No” To PUP | | Fri, May 20, 2016 | | | The Belize Council of Churches is saying NO to the PUP Sarstoon trip this weekend. Today they called the media to a press conference at the IVET conference room to present their position on several matters concerning the ongoing Belize/Guatemala dispute. But before we get into the broader scope of their position, here is what they had to say regarding tomorrow's PUP expedition:
Bishop Roosevelt Papouloute - Methodist Church
"We are just coming out of a meeting with the Leader of the Opposition and some of the members of the opposition party that were present and we have made our position very clear that we would support a stop to that trip tomorrow to give to the negotiation in the process to take its course as all diplomats seek to meet with those from Guatemala with the support of the international community to arrive at a peaceful resolution to this. So, yes we have call on the opposition party not to pursue that trip tomorrow."
So PUP did not get the churches blessing before tomorrow's expedition- instead they got a stern "Do not go!" This is quite a contrast tone from the response that the Northern Territorial Volunteers got from the Catholic Bishop who blessed their leader on the eve of their planned expedition last year August.
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