It may not have been dominating the headlines but the Guatemalan claim to Belize remains very much on the front burner of a number of issues of concern.

In an effort to fully familiarize all Belizeans on the territorial dispute on Thursday evening The National Trade Union Congress Of Belize in collaboration with the Advisory Council On The Guatemalan claim will host a two hour forum on the subject.

Today 7News caught up with NTUCB’s General Secretary Javier Roberts who told us more about tomorrow’s public event and why it is important to participate

Javier Roberts – General Secretary, NTUCB
“As you know the Guatemala claim is an issue out there in the public and the ACGC, the Advisory Council On The Guatemalan claim has been gathering and compiling information in regards to the claim and the issues surrounding the claim and we at NTUCB have a representative on that council and we look at it as a way of educating our membership of our different affiliates as well as the general public in regards to the issues surrounding the Guatemalan claim. Also we have the referendum that is pending and in order to educate the people we saw it necessary to organize a forum like this. We will be having Ambassadors (Fred) Martinez and (David) Gibson doing presentations and also there will be a question and answer so we invite the public to come out.”

“We hope at the NTUCB that those who attend will leave with a greater knowledge of the issues in order to be better educated if and when we need to go to referendum so that they better be able to make that decision, you know?”

The forum on the Guatemalan claim starts at six on Thursday evening at the UWI auditorium.