Press Conference Scheduled for Indian Creek Over Alcalde Issue

In the Attorney General’s letter to Superintendent Hamilton, he wrote, quote, I have asked the new alcaldes to deliver the ceremonial staff to the Old Alcaldes and to have a new one made with the name of the Alcalde Jurisdiction Court clearly marked there for use in court proceedings only.  While I do not believe that your intervention will be necessary to compel compliance with these requests, in compliance with the Court Order, I nonetheless hereby formally request your assistance in facilitating the return of the above-described items for use by the old alcaldes in their customary roles as alcalde and deputy alcalde, end quote.

 

Isani Cayetano

“I understand that several items were taken into custody by the police department down there in Toledo.  Is that to your knowledge and can you speak on that?”

 

On the phone: Ancelmo Cholom, Member, Indian Creek Village Council

“The new alcalde was elected, the letters were sent to the attorney general.  The Attorney General’s Ministry approved those signatures from the election process that took place on the sixth of November and after it was approved, there was a handing over that took place at the Punta Gorda Police Station.  The items that the old alcalde was using were handed over to the new alcalde for them to perform their duties.  So then, after that, there was an interim injunction, they are trying to claim back everything and those are some of the things that the community, or the residents of Indian Creek are now arguing that as much as we understand that there are items that are probably purchased by the Toledo Alcaldes Association, we also believe that not every item that they are claiming back is purchase by them because we know in our village what we purchase or what we give the alcaldes to use.  For example, the key.  Definitely we do know that the T.A.A. did not purchase those keys.  We purchased it under the village council.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“Talk to us about what’s to happen tomorrow.  You guys have called a press conference to bring awareness to this issue at hand.”

 

Ancelmo Cholom

“The reason why we are calling a press conference tomorrow is for the country or the people to understand what is affecting the community of Indian Creek.  We are a Maya community and it looks like the Maya leaders who are representing the community of Indian Creek are not respecting the decision of the Maya people.  Why are we fighting among the Maya people.  We must respect a decision, I mean they are appealing to the government that the government does not care to understand or see what is happening in Indian Creek.  Likewise with the Toledo Alcaldes Association, they are not here, they are not seeing what is happening in our community.  They only took the matter from one or two individuals or from the ousted alcaldes and then say, okay they went to their attorney and took it to court.  They were not here to even analyze or see, or, you know what, trying to mediate with both parties what is happening, they just took the matter to court.”