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Belizeans for Justice plan to parade against Ninth Amendment to the Constitution
posted (July 28, 2011)
Public criticisms continue to mount against the Barrow administration's proposed Ninth Amendment of the Constitution. Following the Belize Bar Association's press release on Wednesday, which called on Belmopan to remove three proposed clauses, today Belizeans for Justice announced its plans for a parade against the Bill. According to President Yolanda Shakron, the idea is to encourage Belizeans to stand up and speak out against what they feel are threats to democracy.

Yolanda Schakron - President, Belizeans For Justice
"We are having a rally this Saturday. It will start at Constitution Park at 10 o' clock. this is about not only the issues that are affecting us like poverty, crime but right now we are faced with a serious problem with this 9th Amendment. We feel that Belizeans need to come out, stand up and we need to send a message to our leaders that we will not tolerate our constitution to continue being amended. This is a very dangerous slope we are heading into. We believe that the constitution is the supreme law of the land and we know that this government has 3/4 majority but we do not want that to be abuse. We feel that this is one of the most dangerous things that we have seen in this country and we cannot sit back; I think Belizeans need to stand up now. We need to unite as a people, we need to come out in numbers and tell the government that we elected you yes but we expect you to act responsibly."

Saturday's parade starts at ten in the morning at the Constitution Park in Belize City. The event will end with a rally at the Memorial Park.

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