At that CXC Award Ceremony - Faber was one of the keynote speakers, and he used his remarks to address some of the pressing matters of public interest, which included the raging scandals revealed this year, and finally, the current dispute between the cane farmers and the BSI/ASR Group over the bagasse issue.
Here's how he put it to the parents, students and CXC awardees in his remarks:
Hon. Patrick Faber, Minister of Education
"If you have been tuned in to the airwaves and the media over the last few weeks, maybe even a couple months now, you may be aware of apparent insidious coordinated attempt, I would say politically to discredit a lot of what this government has done. Even when we have done well, somehow if one little thing is going wrong, it is use to taint the entire effort of the government."
"There is an attempt to paint a picture that there is a general lack of accountability in this government and that we are somehow obstructionist in this regard. Yet it is this government that has passed laws which allows for the recall of elected representatives that is now being used. This really put power in the hands of the people to hold their elected officials accountable."
"If you would listen to the airwaves you would think that this is not so. Similarly if you listen to what is played out on the airwaves you would think that this government is in favor of the foreign investor over our local cane farmers. Yet it was the government a couple years ago was able to get this strategic investor that ensured that the industry would survive for the benefit of the cane farmers and for all Belizeans."
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