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PUP Defends Senator Eamon
posted (February 9, 2017)
Last night we showed you how the UDP is now hammering PUP Senator and Ashcroft Attorney Eamon Courtenay. Well, the PUP has announced today that they are standing by him.

Courtenay is considered the closest personal advisor and friend of Party Leader John Briceno, so it wasn't surprising to see a staunch defence of the Senator in a PUP press release today.

So how does the opposition justify his acrobatic flips between the Senate floor and the courtroom? Well, they don't really. The release is boldly headlined "PUP SUPPORTS HON. SENATOR EAMON COURTENAY" but after that, the 506 - word press release only makes a single mention of Courtenay. It says nothing of his acrobatics, and simply states, quote, "Senator Courtenay has done a stellar job…highlighting the wrongdoings of this government and continues to enjoy the full support of the Leader of the Opposition." This is after the UDP called on the PUP to remove him immediately.

The release does state that the opposition, quote, "has concluded its research and…according to the laws of the United States of America, Belize's reserves in the Central Bank are safe and cannot be attached or executed against by anyone including Lord Ashcroft's companies.

The advice the PUP has received from US based attorneys is that this law fully protects Belize's foreign reserves." End quote.

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