| Guat Foreign Minister: Referendum Not Happening |
| Mon, April 22, 2013 |
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| And while the PM is at the UN talking to the Secretary General, the Guatemalans seem to be unilaterally disposing of the referendum. An article in the Prensa Libre today says that Foreign Minister Fernando Carerra has written to the Guatemalan Congress to tell them – basically - that the October sixth referendum is a no-go. Carrerra's letter says there are three barriers: first, the education campaign that hasn't started in that country yet; second, Belize's 60% referendum thresh-hold and third the cost.
He says that the only way to proceed is for Belize to have its referendum first, and if that succeeds then the Guatemalans would have one on June of 2014. Second, Belize would have to remove its 60% thresh-hold. Belize has flatly rejected both these conditionalities.
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