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The Press Conference Party Holds Forth
posted (September 8, 2016)

At the top of the news, we told you how Police Commissioner Allen Whylie is waiting for his special copies of the Auditor General’s reports to decide whether or not a criminal investigation should be launched.

Well, Belize’s third party, the BPP, has been looking on while the PUP and the UDP point fingers at each other, because each has had its own immigration scandals.

Today, the BPP held a 47 minute press conference to talk about their positions on a laundry list of national issues, including the Auditor General’s Report. Not surprisingly, they don’t agree with the Prime Minister’s decision for joint select committee from the entire National Assembly to look into the reports. BPP Chairman Paco Smith explained why:

But, how viable is the BPP? And are they getting the support of the Belizean public as a credible third option to the PUDP dominated mass party system? You usually only hear from them when they call a press conference, and so we challenged them on that today:

In tomorrow’s newscast, we’ll tell you about how their push for an omnibus referendum has been going.

 

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