Violent Unrest in Belmopan

It has been a day of violent unrest and in the capital, and at 5:30 pm, chaos broke out. It happened after an hour and a half standoff between police and protestors, when pepper spray was released to disperse a crowd of Opposition supporters and unionists. After that the police and BDF entered the crowd with batons to chase them away clubbing many in the process. Of equal significance at this moment is the news that just before 6:00 pm, Prime Minister Musa, citing the chaos outside, abruptly adjourned the budget debate. The Leader of the Opposition asked for a division where each member is asked to state his vote as a "yea" or "nea", and for the first time in modern parliamentary history, the government members for Albert and Lake Independence, Mark Espat and Cordel Hyde voted against the budget. Still the budget passed with a 19 to 10 majority. We'll have more on this, including interviews with those dissenting representatives, but first we go to where it all began.