Since the beginning of the week, we've been giving you a blow by blow account of Mennonite Farmer Roger Plett's story. He has given a detailed account of how he was abducted in Belizean territory, and detained in Guatemala. Last night, we also showed you the Government's response and how the police department is handling, or mishandling, the investigation into the cross border incident.
Today Opposition Leader John Briceño told us that he hopes that the Police and the Foreign Affairs Ministry will not bury the report simply because it may be inconvenient for the Belize Government to have to accuse Guatemala:
Hon. John Briceno, Leader of the Opposition
"Here we have these people saying they were abducted by the Guatemalans and we need to take that seriously. We can't just turn a blind eye to it. We need to investigate it and if that happened then we need to send a strong protest note to Guatemala. We can't allow the Guatemalans to come in at will in our country. We're not doing that. I don't take that lightly. We need to take that seriously and to take a good look at what really took place and not try to cover it up because it does not suit the government. We need to do what suits the Belizean people, what suits this country and not what suits the political directorate."
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