And, of course, it wouldn't be a press conference without some mention of the Puerto Azul project. Indeed, the volume of press releases on the project has far exceeded the body of actual information on the development. And that's because the information that's been released on the project so far shows that it proposes a mega luxury development on the Lighthouse Reef Atoll. So, they say they have to mount massive and sustained resistance to make sure the project does not get off the ground.
But, again today, the Prime Minister was like, what project? Here's how he put it
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
"Well my difficulty is, I don't quite know what the project is. These people came with some ideas, with a concept they were told what they needed to do to flesh out that concept, and some of the things from the start would be a no go, and as far as I am aware that process is not yet completed; So I am supportive of the notion that the watchdog groups ought to be if not previous, pre-emptive in terms of discharging their role. But I don't quite understand how they can speak with any degree of accuracy about what is wrong, or what needs to be done, when no scope in terms this project has been agreed by government. I know people were every upset about the notion of some airstrip on the reef. Well that was never ever on. As I say I want to be careful because the environmental community needs to do what it is doing. I just ask that they check with the chair of the cabinet investment sub-committee just to be sure they are not running off half-cocked, when indeed we are not yet at a point where there is anything to complain about."
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