Getting back to the incident with the 37 Belizeans who were taken into Livingston, Guatemala, against their will, we showed you the comments of Prime Minister Dean Barrow a few weeks ago. He was critical of the volunteers saying that the excursions court danger and are not very helpful.
That's not the kind of reaction that the Volunteers were hoping for, and when expedition Leader Giovanni De La Fuente was asked about the Prime Minister's position, he told us that he hopes that the Government will come around in due time:
Giovanni De La Fuente
"It is very sad when the Prime Minister uttered those words. He described us as a group of people under the guise of patriotism and on our so-called expeditions and once again, I tell you that you have to get up and brush yourself off and keep going when your Prime Minister utters those words about your group."
Reporter
"Under the circumstances, we see you guys keep coming over and over at these places, trying to place a mark, showing your patriotism, but the government continues to say that you guys are not doing well - you are doing more harm than good. How far are you all willing to go to have the country realize or be on your side or gain more support?"
Giovanni De La Fuente
"I think we need to go as far as we can go and garner as much support as we can and work with the relevant officials as much as we can. When the pressure grows and evolve and get bigger and stronger, then the relevant authorities will have to flow with the tide. They can't keep swimming upstream and they have to side with the Belizean people and so once again today, it's an honor and a privilege for me to be here standing on this hill and we move to the Container Hill, plant some coconut trees and for me the day has been a success."
The Northern Territorial volunteers intend to prepare a formal document to send to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give an account by the 37 Belizeans who were detained.
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