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PUP Youth Arm Protest Against Minister of Youth
posted (March 24, 2014)
And when those supporters left, it was time for them to "fall-in" at a planned protest through the streets of Belmopan leading up to the National Assembly stairs. It's organized by the youth arm of the PUP to pressure youth Minister Patrick Faber on lack of support for youth development in the new budget. We spoke to lead organizer Micah Goodin:..

Micah Goodin, PUP Youth Envoy
"We are here because we have recognize that it is time for young people to step up - this is our time and we will not wait anymore. We will get involve and we will take on whoever we have to take on even if that includes Minister Faber."

Jules Vasquez
"What is specific allegation here today? I know you all have been complaining for a while that youths are left out of the budget."

Micah Goodin, PUP Youth Envoy
"Yes, for too long we have been excluded out of the budget and today you are seeing a youth rally. We have identified different youth leaders from the different districts and this is the beginning of something great. This is the beginning of a new era where young people are not sitting on the sidelines anymore. We want to live in a Belize where we are confident that after completing an education that there is employment. We want real opportunities, we want real development we want to be a part of that development."

There were 75 protestors.

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