And the position of the government negotiating team right now is that they are fine tuning their proposals for presentation to Cabinet.
Francis Fonseca, Minister of Culture
"Yeah. You know, I'm very hopeful and confident that we will be able to have a positive resolution to, you know, what is currently, sort of impasse, if you like. But where we are now, is that, the unions, as you know, rejected the, the last offer made by the government of Belize. Our negotiating team, the cabinet subcommittee, met earlier this week, to discuss, you know, certain proposals that we want to make to cabinet. We will be making those proposals to Cabinet on Tuesday of next week. And based on that discussion with cabinet and whatever instructions we are given by the cabinet, then we will be scheduling a meeting with the JUNT for us to, you know, move the process forward in terms of whatever instructions we are given by cabinet. So we're very hopeful that, based on our own discussions, that those proposals will be well received, that they will be met with good faith. And that we will have an opportunity, for an early resolution of this matter."
