Last night you heard the PUP members of the Public Accounts Committee complain about the four UDP members who did not show up for the meeting. The PUP called it a boycott.
Well, the BNTU has joined that chorus. Today the union issued a release condemning the four ministers who were no-shows. The union concludes, quote, "it is an obvious boycott of the process and blatant disrespect of the Belizean populace…"
The release concludes with fire. It says, quote, "we therefore wish to sound a warning to Prime Minister Barrow that his continued actions and the actions of his ministers is clear indication that the Belizean people are being taken for fools!…We will not sit idly by and allow this or any administration to act as if though they are not accountable go the people who put them into power" End quote.
Government issued a response this evening, saying, quote, "The Government of Belize wishes to make it clear that the Government side did not boycott the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Meeting…" It adds, quote, "The scheduled meeting of October 12th was called off at the request of the Chairman, Hon. Julius Espat." The release explains, quote "two ministers reported they were down with pink eye and another minister came down with the flu….the notice of the absences was received last minute so the Government side was unsuccessful in finding substitutes." It concludes, quote, "The next scheduled meeting to consider the Auditor General's Report 2012/2013 is November 9th and the Government side is expected to turn out in full force as they did in the first meeting."
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