In last night's newscast, we showed you the press conference held by the Belize Progressive Party, to discuss national affairs.
But, one thing they couldn't say much about is when they actually intend to launch their People's Referendum. This is an effort to gauge out how the public is reacting to the idea of taking the Belize/ Guatemalan territorial dispute to the ICJ, and whether the Government should legalize marijuana.
So, when will the party actually launch their people's referendum? That's what we asked, and Chairman Paco Smith was unable to give a straight answer:
But, they've been running a poll with the help of Belize Breaking News where some 900 persons have already participated online. Now online polls are notoriously skewed, but the BPP take it to be a quick reading of the public pulse. Here's the Communications Director talking about the questions and the responses they've gotten:
This People's Referendum is estimated to cost somewhere 300 thousand dollars, and the BPP says that they're still trying to raise the money.
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