Opposition Wants Seat on MCC Account Board

Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow also weighed in on the M.C.C. grant. He expressed that it is a moment of bipartisanship in parliament because investments are needed in both priority sectors. On the other hand, he called out the Briceño administration for not including a seat for the opposition on the M.C.C. Account Belize Authority’s board of directors.

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“One of the primary concerns as I rose, I said I join with the prime minister. This is a moment of bipartisanship. We need this money. We need this investment for education and energy. But if you listen to the prime minister earlier, typical old school politicking. He threw the opposition under the bus. He threw the former minister of education on the bus from the U.D.P. as if it had something to do with his incompetence or inability that we did not get the Millenium Challenge grant. It has nothing to do, I will almost bet if you do the research that the conversation for this started under the U.D.P. Madam Speaker I have to correct the prime minister that the G.D.P. was growing about four percent, right before COVID, early 2020, 2019. This Briceño administration has not seen that type of growth. Now you look at the composition of the board, I direct the house to part three section eleven one. You look at the composition of the board, there is no seat on the board for the opposition. This is an afront to continuity, to transparency, an afront to good governance, the inclusion of the opposition, the top stakeholder of all the stakeholders has to be the opposition. We are the government in waiting.