So, after this bill passes will the problem with the extradition treaty be fixed? That's what we asked the Prime Minister this afternoon, and he told us that it will. In his words, the treaty will be "domesticated" and will have full effect if and when there are future requests for extraditions by the Mexican Government:
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"We sign the treaty and the treaty is valid as between the two countries, but in terms of being able to implement its provisions in this country, something more needed to be done. We had to domesticate as it were that treaty. We had to incorporate it into municipal law and that is what the bill was about."
Daniel Ortiz
"Is it a concern that it took an embarrassment for us to discover that this issue arose and that was the reason why the treaty was not viable in Belize?"
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"Obviously this was something that fell through the cracks, in terms of not domesticating the international treaty - happens from time to time. So we move on."
That bill, and others, goes to the Senate on Next week Wednesday.
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