Government to loans in excess of $10 million to the National Assembly “bring for ratification.” The next request of the UDP Opposition was transparency. It had been clamouring for public disclosure of government contracts including contracts with Print Belize Limited, Belize Telecommunications Limited and Jeffrey Prosser, an exclusive contract between Royal Caribbean and Government, and concession agreements for the airport and the seaport. To this end, the Opposition demanded an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act to enable person to make a request to the Contractor “a General for information in respect of a government procurement or sale contract of or above the value of US$1 million of BZ$2 million. The Contractor General shall in pursuant [sic] of a request provide the person a written summary of … … essential elements of the contract.” The request was unrequited. I will return to this point later on in this presentation. The Opposition turned next to the disposal of public assets by the Government. Specifically, their ask was terms of public assets, “in … [disposal of] public assets valued at over $2 million would be brought to the House before they are sold off for approval.” Again, this is an issue to which I will return later on.
Government to “bring loans in excess of $10 million to the National Assembly for ratification.” The next request of the UDP Opposition was transparency. It had been clamouring for public disclosure of government contracts including contracts with Print Belize Limited, Belize Telecommunications Limited and Jeffrey Prosser, an exclusive contract between Royal Caribbean and Government, and concession agreements for the airport and the seaport. To this end, the Opposition demanded an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act to enable “a person to make a request to the Contractor General for information in respect of a government procurement or sale contract of or above the value of US$1 million of BZ$2 million. The Contractor General shall in pursuant [sic] of a request … provide the person … a written summary of essential elements of the contract.” The request was unrequited. I will return to this point later on in this presentation. The Opposition turned next to the disposal of public assets by the Government. Specifically, their ask was “in terms of public assets, … [disposal of] public assets valued at over $2 million would be brought to the House before they are sold off for approval.” Again, this is an issue to which I will return later on.
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