After that quite resounding defeat, Espat stomped out of the House – and we thought he was calling it a day. But we found him just outside the chamber, he said he was just taking a break – but he isn't taking any break on his campaign to bring transparency to public accounts:….
Jules Vasquez
"The motion has been left on the floor- you're leaving the House meeting early?"
Hon. Julius Espat - PUP Cayo South
"No no, I'm taking a break."
Jules Vasquez
"You have to be extremely disappointed."
Hon. Julius Espat
"No, it was expected - it is the rule of the majority over the people of Belize that was shown in there and that is the problem."
Jules Vasquez
"If I infer properly into the words of the Leader of the Opposition - your leader - he seemed to have thrown you under the bus, he seemed to have conceded that there were considerable structural flaws and he would like us to find a work around."
Hon. Julius Espat
"The problem Jules is that our country is being run by attorneys and that doesn't solve the problem of the people on the ground. When you go to the criminal courts, and everybody knows that the person is a murderer, the judge knows it, the jury knows it, the defence attorney knows it and the prosecutor knows it and he gets away because of technicalities - it hurts us. This is a clear example of where attorneys are manipulating the system and he said it in there - to make millions of dollars, when in reality the Belizean people are suffering and that is the core of the problem. We don't want to be led by attorneys like Dean Barrow who can manipulate and interpret anything to their advantage - that has to stop. This motion will not go away, I will table it 50,000 times in a different format if I have to - I am willing to die to make sure the Belizean people get what they duly deserve. Our interest is to find out if the money was spent efficiently, or if it reached the end. If that is a demonic or idiotic proposal - then I would like to give them a mirror in that House to see what idiotic and demonic is all about."
We'll have more from Espat a little later when we ask him to comment on the recently announced candidacy of his cousin Luke in Cayo Central.
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