And continuing along that line of calling on the Prime Minister to act decisively to cut off corruption, the leader of the opposition today reminded him of one of his most famous quotes from way back in 2004 when Barrow was leader of the opposition. we have his original statement from our archives followed by Briceno’s comment today
Hon. John Briceno - Leader of the Opposition
"He promised the people of this nation before 2008 that he was not going to tolerate not a single whiff of corruption and that the minute you smell corruption that he was going to act swiftly. Now here we have a case where he's not only smelling corruption but now he has the proof. Now the prime minister will tell you well he is no longer in my cabinet but I want to point out to the prime minister Mr. Vega is still seated in the front row as one of the senior members of his party and secondly if the prime minister is so much against corruption in his party then he needs to make a move to expel Gaspar Vega from the United Democratic Party.
But Briceno had some questions to answer today too. We’ll have a little more from him later on in the news, when we ask him on why the PUP hasn't declared a Belize City Council slate yet.
