Opposition Leader Dissatisfied with Government Responses

Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow wasn’t happy with the answers he got from the Briceño administration during the House meeting. After the session, he didn’t hold back and expressed his frustration to the media.

 

Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“While Prime Minister Briceño thinks that he is smarter than everyone, he is a bit too smart for his own good.  That is the elitist mentality that this prime minister and this government has where there has been a complete reversal of position, whereas when Briceno was the opposition leader, he promised to keep the gas prices to ten dollars.  I asked the question filled with goodwill because there could be a legitimate answer that the cost to bring it in, according to the retailer is XYZ or the prices are still high and they haven’t transitioned to Belize.  But that is not his answer.  His answer is that he is keeping it deliberately high in order to pay for all this wonderful development that is happening in Belize.  So I don’t know what was the difference when Prime Minister Barrow was there and the gas prices were high and the taxes and that was paying equally for the things that we need here in Belize.  However, the difference is, unlike the fairytale that John Briceno paints, hospitals, public hospitals have complained about not having essential supplies.”