On Tuesday, we told you how business man Curtis Swasey won his lawsuit against BTL and the owners of the Mek Mi Rich Lottery game. Justice Courtney Abel has ruled that the platform of lottery texting, which is what makes Mek Mi Rich profitable, was a concept stolen from Swasey, and that BTL leaked it to the directors of MMR Belize, Sunjay Hotchandani, and Andre Vega.
Well, the Opposition People's United Party has come out swinging against both the Government controlled company and the Mek Mi Rich game owners. A statement from the PUP says, quote, "The People's United Party registers serious concern at what amounts to no less than a conviction of BTL, or persons acting on behalf of BTL, on charges of corruption. We are further concerned that no principal of BTL has come forward to announce an immediate investigation into the matter…Those at BTL responsible for stealing a concept and peddling it should be called out. At the very least, heads should roll." End Quote.
The PUP then point to what they see as a clear political connection between BTL and Mek Mi Rich which they believe caused the breech in confidentiality that the judge has inferred.
Their release says, quote, "We note with great interest the political connection between BTL and MMR at the highest level. The Chairman of the Executive Committee of BTL is Anwar Barrow, son of the Prime Minister. One of the Directors of MMR is Andre Vega, son of the Deputy Prime Minister. Prime Minister Dean Barrow has at every opportunity exalted himself for giving BTL back to the Belizean people. He says the company belongs to us, even though it is his son and a hand-picked few who make all the decisions.
The statement concludes by demanding that the BTL bosses step forward and account for what has happened in this Swasey case.
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