And while, as we told you, there was a political overtone to protest at the Guatemalan Embassy, it also brings up a very tricky issue. That's because as we've told you although there is every reason to suspect that the culprits who executed Danny Conorquie are Guatemalans, there is no irrefutable evidence of that.
Today we asked the Prime Minister about the implications, and he said that Belizeans have a constitutional right to demonstrate:
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"People have a right to demonstrate generally on an issue such as this is incendiary, the degree of Belizean outrage is not just almost unprecedented, but it is entirely unjustified. This was a horrible absolutely dastardly act and we should be grateful that we live in a country where at least people are still going to employ peaceful means to record their dissatisfaction, record their concern, record their outrage over something like this. You are saying they picketed or demonstrated, they didn't try to burn down the place or to damage the property of the Guatemalan Embassy. They have every right to protest."
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