Opposition Leader Says Belize is on a “downward spiral”

The Leader of the Opposition says the Commissioner of Police is not being honest about Belize’s current crime stats. He added that Belize is on a downward spiral where major crimes are concerned, while accusing the Commissioner of Police and the Minister of Home Affairs of not having a solution. With several murders having occurred under the current state of emergency, Shyne Barrow says Belize is nearing its worst citizen security crisis yet.

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“We see crime continuing the downward spiral as far as going to edge of where we have ever been with citizens security. I saw that your brother Vasquez and the commissioner last week in debating the forty percent increase, which is what the statistics tell you, and the ComPol saying no it is less. We have had four murders since I had the last press briefing and we are still in a state of emergency. So, the police department under the stewardship of the commissioner has no solution for crime.”