Last week we told you about The Semi-Autonomous Revenue Authority GOB is attempting to establish, and in the process, transferring 200 plus staffers of the Belize Tax Service to the semi autonomous body. We were told that those resisting to transfer into the wider public service may be planning a strike soon. So we asked the Minister of Public Service about this today.
Henry Charles Usher, Minister of Public Service, Governance, and Disaster Risk Management
"Well I think that If that is the case and we have not gotten any notice but certainly we want to make sure that we listen to the views coming from the employees from SARA we know, from the Belize Tax Service, sorry. I know that there are some issues being raised with the transition towards the statutory authority, it is something that the government is looking at from the ministry of public service perspective I have said this before that we have to make sure that the employees that the public officers who are working at the Belize tax service that if they choose to go to the wider public service to work in different departments that we facilitate as best as possible. You have to remember that this is not a project that came on stream overnight, that this is something part of the package of reforms for the Belize Tax Service that has been ongoing for the last couple of years and this is part of that, this is another step in that process. So we will wait to see if that happens but certainly we remain open for dialogue with the PSU with the public officers to make sure these issues are resolved."
