Jul 8, 2021
Senator Bradley Asks Why 11th Amendment is Being proposed
Senator Darrell Bradley has come out in opposition to the proposed Eleventh Amendment to the Belize Constitution. Late this evening, he issued a statement saying the Amendment seeks to introduce an entirely new and discriminatory disqualification for membership to the House of Representatives. Senator Bradley points out that currently, section eight disqualifies any person who “is under a sentence of death imposed on him by a court in any part of the Commonwealth or who is serving a sentence of imprisonment…”but that there is no prohibition in the Constitution, as it currently reads, that disqualifies anyone who has previously been convicted of any offence anywhere in the world and who has served out his or her sentence. He says this would be a serious change that seeks to punish, once again, someone who has already paid his or her debt to society. He also questions why this amendment is now being
Jul 7, 2021
Teachers Union Heads to Court Over Salary Cuts
Attorneys-at-law Magali Perdomo and Darrell Bradley will be representing the Belize National Teachers Union in their case against the Government of Belize over the ten percent salary cut. The case comes up next week. Following today’s Senate Meeting, B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith shared some details of the case.
Senator Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U.
“The matter was filed in court, and we are looking at the matter of the ten percent, and we are simply looking at it from the angle of the contracts that our teachers have signed. Teachers, we know they do sign contracts, and those contracts indicate what their salaries should be and for what period. And, as such we are saying, because you have contract, for the Government to just go and cut your salaries, it has an impact on the contract you have signed. And so that is the angles we are using in going to court.”
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I, Shary Medina, do swear that I will bear faith and allegiance to Belize an will uphold will uphold the constitution and the law.”
Ashton McKenzie, U.D.P. Senator
“I, Ashton McKenzie, do swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Belize, and will uphold the constitution and the law.”
Jovenel Moise
Both McKenzie and Medina were sworn in as temporary senators. Thereafter, Senator for Government Business, who is also Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, rose to speak on the assassination of the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise. The Government of Belize called for peace and safety in Haiti.
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