And while GOB may or may not have the wherewithal to put those "capitalists in check," the fact of the matter is that right now, by all outward appearances, the NTUCB seems to be the one in check. Since last week's PSU and BNTU strikes fizzled the NTUCB has been quietly re-tooling. And today the man who led the union that started it all three weeks ago told us that the NTUCB is calling out for popular support.
Paul Perriot,
"Jules I cannot say that we've lost hope. I think the Trade Union's letter still stands with regards to that issue. I think its up to the government to really make a serious effort to either sit down with us or come direct to the general public and do what is right."
Mark Usher,
"The seed has been planted. There is a lot of ways for a group of citizens to get across to its government that they are not satisfied with the way they are operating the public funds. In my view I am not a defeatist, I see the seeds having been planted and now it's germinating, water is flowing, sun is shining on it, and it will bloom."
Paul Perriot,
"The Belizean public has to come in and support the movement and that is the call that we must start making now and we've started since last week that the public in general has to come into the national movement and until we get to that point, sensitizing has to happen so that we could get to that point and effect the necessary changes that we need to make."
The NTUCB is presently considering passage of a revised resolution which will ask that Prime Minister Said Musa and Home Affairs Minister Ralph Fonseca resign.
