P.S.U. President Dean Flowers is raising concerns about a possible coordinated effort by the Ministry of Public Service to deter public servants from attending Friday’s protest. Flowers pointed out that the Elections and Boundaries Department has scheduled training for village council elections on the same day, notifying public officers of the session. He advised his members to skip the training and join the demonstration, suggesting that the timing might be an attempt to undermine the protest’s impact.
Dean Flowers, President, P.S.U.
“Every parent who say they love their children, that they want the best for their children need to be out there. If they are not our there the government may view it as they could not bring out the crowd, so we wont give them the respect they deserve. That will cause the teachers to be outside of their classroom longer than they need to and when the teachers are out of the classroom longer than they need to your children suffer, my children suffer. I want to say that yesterday we were informed that the ministry of public service via the elections and boundaries department would has sent out letters to public officers informing them that in forty eight hours, seventy two hours there will be training for village council election. We don’t know if there is a plot by the Ministry of Public Service. We find it very coincidental that Ms. Tamai wants to hold a training on Friday, knowing fully well. We are saying to our public officers, training can wait, what cannot wait is for you to let your voices be heard. So, we are saying, if you have training, do not attend that training on Friday. Show up in Belmopan, in solidarity with the joint unions.”
