And what are the BBA's demands? Well, they listed them today:
Ewart Metzgen, Secretary, BBA
"We have two things we're demanding of the department of Transport and the minister, first and foremost is the removal of the chairman of the transport board in 72 hours. Secondly, for the National Bank of Belize, who is willing to work with the BBA and bus operators countrywide, one of the things, they already have an MOU signed with the Department of Transport for that effective. But what the bank wanted fro the department was a seat on the transport board in order to protect the investment needed to give to operators and to protect that the bank will be able to get back its money."
"So we're also demanding the National Bank gets a seat on the Transport Board when this Transport Board is reformed. This will also give the security to bus operators and it will also give the other banking and lending insinuations a piece of mind knowing that it is someone from the banking industry that sits on that board to protect the investment being made by our local banks."
We'll keep closely monitoring developments in the transport.
