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And we also got the LOO's thoughts on the PM's speech at the ceremony for JetBlue's inaugural flight.
In a kind of rambling address, Briceno spoke about potato salad - "not with the leaf!" - sharks that don't eat "white people," and not being able to put on his tie without a YouTube instructional video. And today Barrow asked us if we were really shocked by the PM's odd musings.
Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition
"The Prime Minister Briceno has to be the most mentally bankrupted prime minister that we have ever had so it's of no shocked, come on, you're not really surprised at anything that he says. It's terrible the things he said about the teachers, it's terrible the things he said about the pilot from PG, what he said that we don't have talent, he continues to berate the Belizean people because he's an elitist. He grew up very wealthy."
"And so he doesn't know what it is to be a grassroots Belizean and not because you did well in life disconnects you so I don't want to condemn everyone that has had a good upbringing because I know many people that have been fortunate and come from a good family and they are the most compassionate people and they take on society in a way where they want to better society and they want to uplift society because they are so grateful for the blessings that they have. Briceno is the opposite, he's aloof, he's disconnected, and you know, he's been there for 30 years so he's lost his mind and so it's time for him to go really."
