And while the OAS Special Representative was very conservative in her remarks, so too was Belize's Foreign Affairs Minister Wilfred Elrington. We showed you on Friday how he didn't need any apology from Guatemala for the outrageous and erroneous comments that the Guatemalan President, His Ambassador to Belize, and his Foreign Affairs Minister made.
At Friday's House Meeting, Elrington dryly reported to his colleagues that the Independent Expert's report has been delivered to him. Here's a portion of his presentation:
And, if you're waiting for an apology from the Guatemalans, don't hold your breath. The Guatemalan Foreign Minister is quoted in their media as explaining that they question the chain of custody of evidence relied on by the independent experts, and that at the heart of it, the report pits the accounts of the diverging sides of the fatal shooting against each other.
Also the newspaper Emisorias Unidas quotes the Special Representative as saying, quote, "It's time that you will turn the page, it's time to start a process of reconciliation, and focus on the work that lies ahead". Now, in our encounters with the OAS, including this Saturday, they've never made such utterances.
That same Guatemalan Newspaper quotes Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Raul Morales as intending to voice Guatemala's outrage at those alleged comments from Talamas.
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