| Two days before the last general elections, a story emerged out of the United States saying that a newly formed Florida company called GDG Acquisitions, - GDG - presumably as in, Glenn D. Godfrey - was suing the Government of Belize in the United States for ten million US dollars plus interest.
Well, the news today is that the law suit has been dismissed.
The suit was one of those ghosts of government's past, where Godfrey was saying that a so called Master Lease Agreement an Agreement was originally entered into on December 18, 2002 and signed by Godfrey, as Chairman of Intelco, and Ralph Fonseca, as "Minister of Budget Management" for the Belize Government.
GDG says Government owes it $10.3 million dollars for "failing to pay rent or return telecommunications equipment that the Government allegedly leased from Intelco in 2002-2003."
Well, the Government of Belize filed a "Motion to Dismiss the Complaint" in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
They argued that Florida was an inconvenient forum for the litigation of this matter, because the witnesses were located in Belize. Addtionally, Government disputed the validity of the Master Lease Agreement on the ground that it was signed by a Minister who lacked the constitutional authority to enter into telecommunications agreements on behalf of the Government of Belize - namely Ralph Fonseca.
The court upheld Belize's objections and dismissed the complaint. The Court found GDG could reinstate its case in Belize. | 