And while the burgeoning national debt is one of many short term crises coming at the Briceno administration like bullets from a hundred guns all at once, so too is COVID.
Yes, the national response is one part - but so is the PUP party response.
At today's swearing in, you may have noticed that the Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment, was missing. Well that's because Mike Espat is one of three major party politicians who has been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, so far.
The elections were predicted to be a superspreader, and while it's too early to say this for sure, we can tell you that newly elected Area Rep for Cayo West, Jorge Espat, has also caught the virus along with former Area Rep for Belmopan, John Saldivar. Saldivar was reportedly hospitalized from last week, but he took to Facebook yesterday to announce that he is in bed recovering from COVID and that he will continue to work for Belmopan in preparation for the next general elections.
Mike Espat is reportedly in good spirits despite having to be hospitalized on Saturday due to respiratory challenges as a consequence of COVID 19. And, Jorge Espat wrote on his Facebook page yesterday that he had been feeling feverish and decided to be tested, and the result came back positive.
