P.C.C. About to Complete Data Collection After Public Outreach

An inaugural meeting was held in November 2022 and since then, the P.C.C. has held public consultations, lectures, launched simplified and condensed versions of the Constitution, and prepared an interim report. But the People’s Constitution Commission has been quiet for a while now. Today we checked in with the Chairman Anthony Chanona, who informed us that the commission is in the process of finishing the compilation of data it collected following the public outreach campaign. He added that the commission was also awaiting written confirmation to grant it the six months recommended to complete its final report. And as an overall summary, Chanona informed us today that, (quote), “the Commission is currently engaged in a two-fold exercise – one is to conduct a comprehensive review of the Belize Constitution. This is being skillfully led by attorney Darrell Bradley. The second aspect of its work has been delegated to a working group of Chairpersons of the Thematic Committee to categorize the extensive data into thematic areas of the Belize Constitution.  This is slated to be completed May thirty-first,” (unquote). Chanona indicated that the commission had circulated hundreds of brochures titled “P.C.C. Update” at the National Agriculture and Trade Show where it had a booth.