And Opposition Leader Barrow is fine tuning his attack on the Fort George constituency to include Caribbean Shores - the contiguous divisions are represented by brothers, Henry Charles Usher and Kareem Musa.
They are both included In the proposed lineup of seats - but Fort George would including polling areas in Caye Caulker, St. George's Caye and the Albert constituency.
Barrow called that a gerrymandering over-reach:
Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition
"What we're saying is we don't have an objection with the mergers of contiguous constituencies whether its Queen Square into Mesopotamia as it rightfully should be, because Mesopotamia was there in 1961, Fort George was there in 1961 and Caribbean Shores came about in 1984. What is fair, what is keeping with the consent order that the courts decided on is to have equal representation and equal representation should not come at the risk of gerrymandering transplanting voters from Caye Caulker into Fort George. Voters from across the Belizean river in Alberts into Fort George to dilute the
Fort George vote. The people in Belize Rural South are a unique people that have a distinct ambition, aspirations, frustrations and challenges. It is s disservice to them to move them into Fort George - really all to save the Musa dynasty, because what should happen is what has happened in Mesop and Queen Square what is happening with Port Loyola again that was created in 1984. I believe that the constituencies that were there since 1961 should stay. So Fort George should stay. Caribbean Shores is what needs to go."
The new constituency proposals are likely to face multiple legal challenges from the opposition and the Ashcroft Alliance.
