Former PCC Member Backs Chanona, Urges PM to Take Criticism Seriously

George Myvett, a former Alternate Commissioner for Third Parties, has stepped forward to support former P.C.C. Chairman Anthony Chanona. In a message to the media, Myvett expressed hope that Prime Minister John Briceño will take the recent criticisms seriously and not dismiss or derail the process. He emphasized that the final draft report submitted to the Prime Minister is both meaningful and valuable. We also asked Wade for his thoughts on concerns raised by former Commissioner Caleb Orosco, who believes the final recommendations may have been compromised during the process. Here’s what Wade had to say.

 

Louis Wade Jr., Former Commissioner, P.C.C.

“The P.C.C. process started out with consultation and education and over forty thousand people showed up, over a hundred and fifty thousand were on the stream, almost half a million different accounts interacted over the two-year process. So, this P.C.C. consultation is probably the largest in Belize’s history, the only thing closest to it I could think about is yes to No to the I.C.J., which is seven million. And I am going to say that in the future I am going to release in emails to show that there has been a constant attack from certain commissioners, not on the process but on the integrity of the chairman himself and that the individual also leaked the entire report. So, they write in the letter they did not have the report in their hand. They mean literally, because they had the report, they had all the drafts. They chose to leak the report to frustrate the process, but the thematic chairperson found a way to let the process move forward. So, the last report just before it went to the prime minister, it is true that it did not get into their hands. But it simply means they could not hold it. But this is modern era where it was shown electronically and we went through the entire document and agreed this is what would be presented to the prime minister. So why did they not write why they could not hold it in their hands, it is because we were afraid they were going to leak it again, before it gets to the prime minister.”