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That 90 Million Dollar Question
posted (December 19, 2017)
Mark those new 2018 calendars down for January fifth - because it's going to be the political equivalent of a pay per view event. That's the day when the 90 million dollar question is expected to go to the House of Representatives.

Government yesterday announced a House Sitting for that date - meaning that the Prime Minister will most likely take the appropriations bill to the house seeking approval for 90.6 million dollars to pay the arbitration award plus interest owing to the Belize Bank. Nine UDP parliamentarians have gone on record to say they will vote against it, while one PUP has gone on record to say he will vote for it. The ruling UDP has said it will be a vote of conscience. The PUP has not taken a formal public position on the vote.

We wanted to ask the Prime Minster about it when he returned to Belize from personal leave today, but he chose not to face the media scrum and had his vehicle pick him up on the tarmac.

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