Earlier in the news, you saw what Agriculture Minister Jose Mai had to say about redistricting and what that process could mean for his constituents in the Orange Walk South constituency.
The man who is ultimately in charge of overseeing the roll-out of that entire process is Oscar Sabido Puga, the Chairman of the Elections and Boundaries Commission. Today, Puga engaged in an extended sit-down interview with our colleagues from KREM News, in which he discussed the process in great detail. Among those topics was the lawsuit the Belize Peace Movement brought against the Commission long before he was appointed as the chair.
Here's an excerpt of his views on the way that case ended in a consent order, which now makes redistricting mandatory instead of just a pre-election promise:
We have more from that interview to share with you in coming days.
