And that's not all, the PM also claims that the current Corozal North area rep, who was absent from the House today, had a part to play in the Portico "come-up" while he was the Minister of Natural Resources.
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"They know very well that this UDP definitive agreement is the makings of his party and that this is a part of the legacy of the rogue UDP government. So, as we say in Belize, a leopard can't change its spots. The member from Mesop may also want to pretend that he does not know this, so let me suggest to him now that he needs to ask his colleague."
"Oh, he is not here. The honourable member from Corozal North, who he has sitting beside him. How is it that around this same time when they are fixing up the Definitive Agreement, because, you know, it's a package you know, it's not just the Definitive Agreement. How come it's around this same time when this agreement will be signed, an agreement they say they knew nothing about, that his colleague, the minister responsible for lands allowed the following: I have these seventeen titles that were issued November 4th, 2020, as I said, noh, weh he refer to dehn, wahn rogue government? The UDP rogue government? They sold fifty point one acres of seafront, see it here, to one Key Star Ltd. for thirty-three thousand, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents too, you know. Dehn collect di twenty-five cents."
"See all of this is a package, because the definitive agreement is useless without land - all of these lands 4th November, 4th November, 4th November, 4th November - every single one of them. See, all of them. If you want, I could give you copies. And then you can ask your deputy leader, the minister of natural resources, the honourable member from Corozal North if he took this to cabinet and ask if he could sign it? They on the 4th November signed over 850 acres for a $117,993.00. And guess what, a few weeks later, a few months later, guess who buy the land, Portico. Thank you very much."
