Opposition Members Go At Each Other During House Debate

Opposition Leader Moses “Shyne” Barrow has replaced Tracy Panton and Patrick Faber on all House committees, following a motion passed today in the House of Representatives. The thirteen committees play a crucial role in reviewing and amending legislation. Barrow nominated himself, Hugo Patt, and Denise “Sista B” Barrow to fill all thirteen committee positions. This is another chapter in the ongoing rift within the United Democratic Party (U.D.P.), with tensions spilling over into the House of Representatives. Today’s debate on the changes was heated, which only added to the party’s internal drama.

 

Patrick Faber, Area Representative, Collet

“I would have to say whoever is responsible, that it is an asinine decision. So I make the appeal to him and I make the appeal to all right thinking supporters of him, I don’t know if many of that exist. I see my colleague from Corozal north has gone, disappeared, can’t face the music of what his leader is doing in here, shameful. We have to stand up for what is right. We have to. So I make the appeal to him to do what is right for the Belizean people. If you have any iota of respect for what we do for the Belizean people and this process we call democracy, what he has done in the UDP is enough, but now he brings it to this honorable house.”

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“For the record, for the last four years, the members from Collet and Albert has rarely ever attended any of the House committee meetings. The record would reflect that their attendance at the house committee meetings has been very poor. The member for Collet lives abroad. He spends most of his time in the United States getting this illusive PHD that he has been getting ever since he resigned in disgrace. He talks about petty and vindictive; he is the reason I am sitting here. I am a first term junior. You sir, if you were so brilliant, you were such a stateman and so great you would be sitting here. You had your opportunity, and it has flown away because of your behavior.”