And, again, you heard right, he blamed Dean Barrow AND Said Musa for what he said is the state of the country.  Those are some rough, rough blows in a day that was definitely very contentious in the House of Representatives.

Like we said they were there to debate the Belize Territorial Referendum Bill - which seeks to put the ICJ referendum back on track after the PUP got a Supreme Court injunction to delay it.  The new bill seeks, to some extent, to short circuit that process and insulate it from further challenge.  

The debate started at about 10:30 and is still going at this hour - with the Prime Minister now winding up the debate.  It started with some light sparring as the opposition asked - at the very outset - why the government wants to push it through:….

Hon. John Briceno - Leader of the Opposition
"There's absolutely no urgency to pass this today."

Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister
"Well, that's a fine sentiment coming from people who after crafting the special agreement, agreeing to its rectification, promoting and supporting it for all these years, waited until the last moment before the referendum under their special agreement was to be held, to go to court. They should not be talking about time. (applause)."