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Bilateral Commitments Made At FOPREL Meeting
posted (May 24, 2016)
On Friday's newscast, we told you about how House Speaker Mike Peyrefitte tried his hand at parliamentary peacemaking between Belize and Guatemala at the FOPREL meeting in Managua, Nicaragua.

As we reported, Peyrefitte is the Vice President of "FOPREL", the Forum of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments of Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean Basin, while the speaker of the Guatemalan Congress, Mario Taracena Diaz-Sol is the President.

Well, during the weekend, Peyrefitte spoke with us, and he told us that while he was speaking with Mario Taracena for the parliamentary cooperation on last Tursday, he also mentioned that that worrying resolution that the Guatemalan Congress had passed. You'll remember that it was the travel advisory warning citizens not to travel to Belize - alleging human rights violations by the BDF.

Well, Peyrefitte told us that Mario Taracena said publicly to him that he, Taracena, was not present when the Congress passed that Advisory. Peyrefitte said that Taracena committed to doing whatever he needs to do table a resolution to remove the advisory. He also committed to Peyrefitte to speak to the Guatemalan military leaders, in the hopes of convincing them to reduce their military build up on the borders, especially on the Western Border.

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