For over a week now we've been reporting on those hefty security contracts awarded by the Belize Airports Authority to two politically favored companies.
Well, tonight, reports from sources in Belmopan say government is considering cancelling the contracts and starting the whole tendering process over.
And why would they do that? Well, because on Friday - we showed them what the law states. The Belize Airports Authority Act says explicitly "The Authority shall appoint a Tenders Committee from amongst the Board of Directors and all contracts above forty thousand Belize Dollars awarded by the Authority shall require the prior approval of the Minister."
These contracts were way more than that and there is no indication that a tenders committee was formed and the Prime Minister says he never approved it.
So, government may have grounds to cancel the contracts - and hopefully end the political hemorrhaging. Of course that would leave the state exposed to liability for the two companies that received those contracts. Which would end up costing taxpayers. We'll monitor it closely to see where it goes.
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