And, in other related news, last night we told you about the Freedom of Information request we made to the Ministry Finance. It's about transfers from the Treasury Department to the Bella Vista Branch of the Toledo Teachers Credit Union. According to an audit investigation, the transfers did not have proper documentation for the source of funds. The over two hundred thousand dollars in public funds went to two companies whose owner is affiliated with the PUP in Toledo East.
Well, PUP Area Rep for Toledo East Osmond Martinez today made a Facebook post saying, quote, "I spoke to Jules Vaquez last week about this situation and I extended an invitation for him to do a site visit of these projects. To date no site visit has been done.
This begs the question: what is behind these posts. As you all are aware, we have been hard at work to Transform Toledo East and the country of Belize. I have always been and will continue to be open to the media to address the projects in question and/or any other related issues." End quote. He also posted a video of the projects he has done.
Martinez also noted that we made a correction in the news from last night. The audit or special investigation into the Toledo Teachers Credit Union was not commissioned by the Central Bank as we stated, but by the Management of the Credit Union.
As for Martinez's invitation to visit projects - indeed he made such an offer, which we accepted and understood would happen after the response to the Freedom of Information request was received. They have asked to push that back to June 5th. We remain ready to visit the project sites at any time.
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