And while the "roll-it" thing certainly caught on - the debate went deeper than that - the Prime Minister accused the PUP of being bad minded - by trying to stop a programme which has been working for the common good - here's how the back and forth on that went:..
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"That indeed they would want to stop the Petrocaribe financing because that Petrocaribe financing is as those people outside are making 
clear welcome by the vast majority of Belizeans. That is what they are about with respect to this issue; grandstanding, bad mind and trying to deprive the nation of the UDPs hard one infrastructural and quality of life programs. They also pour scorn and burn fire on this PUP Opposition. Denounce them for their screw face and bitterness and bile for the jealousy, spite and envy and downright stupidity of a party that has adopted a scorch-earth policy against the country. A party that would stop Petrocaribe and thereby fundamentality damage the national interest and kill off the unprecedented advance of the people of Belize."
Hon. Francis Fonseca, Leader of the Opposition
"We can't support a loan motion Mr. Speaker, where there is so much waste and corruption. There is only a small circle of cronies, hustlers feeding off this Petrocaribe funds you know Mr. Speaker. Bloated contracts, poor quality work. No value for money. It's a circle of family and friends. So the people know Mr. Speaker that it is all political posturing. That it is all empty rhetoric. The Belizean people know that, they understand that."
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