Godwin Haylock speaks on Tropic Air Hijacking

The Ministry of Civil Aviation’s media briefing comes after U.D.P. Queen Square Area Representative, Godwin Haylock, criticized the Briceño administration for not holding a press conference on the national emergency sooner. Although the announcement of the conference came just hours after Haylock’s comments, he argued that the government should have addressed the public in real time. Here’s what Haylock had to say.

 

Godwin Haylock, Area Representative, Queen Square

“Today I must speak on the fact that the entire nation is still waiting for an official government press conference on the hijacking of the tropic airplane on April 17^th. This press conference was to be held in real time immediately after the incident, yet the government to date has refused to hold a real press conference. I beg the question why, and the only answer I can come up with is since winning March 12^th, the government is overconfident, they feel that it will pass over like a breeze. Now we all know that the PM is the minister responsible for the Civil Aviation, however we have been reliably informed that he was out of the country seeking medical attention so we would have expected that the Department of Civil Aviation or the Belize Airports Authority would take the lead on this matter.”