And, this morning the PM was making the morning show rounds to boast about the Blue Bond, kind of like a blue bow on his party's one year anniversary.
And, indeed, floating that bond is a stellar accomplishment, praised the world over - but it probably wouldn't have been possible - were it not for some key exogenous factors, like…COVID, for example.
We asked the PM about it today:
Hon. John Briceno, Prime Minister
"Certainly, it's a great success, not only for government, but for the people of Belize and TNC, Credit Suisse and just as important I think our public officers who we manage to convince to be able to do a sacrifice of accepting a 10% cut and for us to be able to cut our budget by another 20%, so it was tough, it was difficult, but it is something that we can all be proud of."
Jules Vasquez
"Sir, but you have to feel at the same time that you kind have luck into it, in so far as without covid, without COP26 and all associated with it, the confluence of circumstances is what created an enabling environment for something as brilliant and revolutionary as the blue bond to go through."
Hon. John Briceno, Prime Minister
"It just means taking advantage of the opportunities that are in front of you and you do that in the business world every single day and that's what I did as the leader of this country."
