FECTAB, “Why wasn’t Hospital Land Compulsorily Acquired?”

FECTAB’s President, David Almendarez, also spoke at today’s press conference. He chided the Briceño administration over the Belmopan hospital land acquisition. He questioned why the Government of Belize did not compulsorily acquire those two parcels as they did with Stake Bank Island.

 

David Almendarez, President, FECTAB

“We just find out about the health fiasco where Mr. Petillo organized a demonstration and unu hammer he to the ground, start talk bout his mom and grandmother, unu dutty piece of politicians. One thing bout PUP, they more vindictive ten times than the UDP. So, I expect them to talk bout my granny, my ma, me. My back is tough. I nuh wah back off. I nuh fraid. You have a piece of land that sell for just under seventy thousand dollars. Seven hundred thousand and then it sell for just under seven million. Unu get the scene Belize, I don’t think unu get the cents of what Nigel told you all. We tried to invite the brother. But the pressure was tight. The same PUP the share the love, the share the pressure. Imagine Mr. Briceno with the million-dollar company, if he was the head of his company and he took a piece of land that sold for under seven hundred thousand dollars and he buy it for under seven million dollars? Do you think they would keep him? Is that a genius plan? He talented. You see how they acquired Feinstein Land, they acquired it. How they couldn’t acquire that land in public interest. The untalented people untalented fih do the public good work, but they talented for the retirement scheme for the boys. A police man, teacher and journalist will never see a million dollars in our life. If they lucky they live to a hundred maybe so. While the boys play with a mullion like dah pennies.”