Reports say that on Monday the Minister of Forestry Lisel Alamilla will address the media on Government's 19 day Rosewood Amnesty and the profit sharing scheme with exporters.
But before she speaks, COLA, the PUP and now the Mayan Leaders Alliance have all had their say. The Mayan Leaders issued its statement this morning – and it is the most scathing so far. It says that the Alliance and the Toledo Alcaldes Association are quote, "deeply disturbed and utterly outraged by the government's decision to allow persons who illegally harvested rosewood in Toledo to now export the wood and share the illicit profit from these sales with the government."
It adds that by doing this, the government of Belize "is saying that it will allow so-called loggers to violate the laws and regulations, steal from legally recognized Maya lands and be rewarded and even embraced as business partners by our elected officials."
The release closes by saying that the Leaders Alliance and the Alcaldes are quote, "determining their further response to government's unlawful and highly unethical conduct."
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