And so while it seems the mercurial mayor may offer himself again as a UDP Mayoral candidate, it is well known that he doesn't always tow the party line. Last year he broke with the party line and said he supported a Senate Inquiry - but not one with a government majority. Well, that was a part of the pressure that forced government to ultimately capitulate - and concede its majority to a mix of opposition members and social partners. And now that that Senate subcommittee is underway, we asked the Mayor if he is scandalized by the revelations of what his own party members were doing:...
Darrell Bradley, Mayor - Belize City
"That there must be accountability. I think that the members of the public want to be satisfied in relation to whatever is going on at immigration to know what exactly was happening, who was involved, and how high was those persons involved and that it is stopped."
Jules Vasquez, 7News
"Are you surprised that your predecessor in Caribbean Shores Mr. Santino Castillo was brought in in the whole Jin chen An situation?"
Darrell Bradley, Mayor - Belize City
"I can't give any specific comment in relation to anything that would have transpired before that."
Jules Vasquez, 7News
"But you know now."
Darrell Bradley, Mayor - Belize City
"I wasn't there and I don't know the circumstances. I haven't been produced with any documentation and I will make no comment about it. I will make a comment in relation to the larger issue that we need to ensure that we get the leadership question in Belize right, because we will always have this."
"When you ask me in relation to one issue, we can comment on those one issues. But 20 years from now, you'll ask this same mayor that same issue and there will be a new commission of inquiry or senate investigation dealing with some problem. Let's deal with it from a systemic point of view, so that we can at least minimize this to the point where we have an acceptable level of public performance and we are getting the business of the public done."
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