On Thursday, Prime Minister John Briceño announced that he has requested an audit into the finances of the Belize Defense Force, signaling his intent to seriously address allegation of corruption. It’s a matter that Prime Minister John Briceño addressed in the House of Representatives in January 2021, only weeks after taking office. During the introduction of the Good Governance Motion, PM Briceño committed to investigate and jail public officials found guilty of corruption.
Prime Minister John Briceño
Prime Minister John Briceño
“We promised the Belizean people that we are going investigate and who wrong gwen dah jail fi we find them guilty. The only way this type of corruption and stealing that happened under thirteen years of the UDP administration is going to stop is that when you hold the people that plunder the treasury and rob from the Belizean people, that we hold them accountable and they have to go to a court of law. And it is important to that because I can tell my colleagues also, see what happened to them. If you don’t walk a straight line, you are going to end up like that. That is why we want to do that Mr. Leader of Opposition. It is not personal. But this is the only way we are going to stop the stealing and the plundering of the Belizean people money.”
PM Briceño noted that the audit is only the first step in unearthing the truth from the Mira allegations.
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