Today the Belize Tourism Industry Association went to court to put a halt to the $100 million Carnival project asking the court to grant a leave for judicial review. But noting that the case is a matter of urgency and not an emergency, presiding Justice Samuel Awich adjourned the hearing to next Friday November 26th.
Despite the clarified agreement signed last Friday, the BTIA's Attorney Lois young-barrow will argue that certain clauses of the contract still not need to be modified to square with the constitution. Next Friday, she will first ask the court for an injunction against GOB from proceeding with certain obligations, specifically a bill to be table din the National Assembly which would grant developers concession and tax exemptions and give them permission to proceed with the project, eerily similar to the ill-fated and embarrassing Macal River Hydro-Electric Dam bill.
Preliminary work on the Carnival Cruise terminal has already started and construction is to formally begin in January.
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