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She has prepared another motion, retouched it, and re-submitted it to the senate for consideration. That is expected to be taken up when the senate meets next week but today the leader of the opposition said he doesn't have much hope for it:...

Hon. Francis Fonseca, Leader of the Opposition
"That we have to keep trying, we have to keep trying and give the government an opportunity to come on board and to support an independent inquiry into this matter. There are still too many unanswered questions. So we will continue to push that matter and we applaud and support Senator Shoman for the work that she is doing. The government obviously made it clear they have no interest in a senate inquiry. I don't expect Senator Hulse to behave any differently and I don't expect the President of the Senate to act any differently. They are under instructions from their leader. So, yes there is good reason for me to not have any optimism that the process will work. But we have to demonstrate to the Belizean people that we are serious, that we are trying and let them understand very clearly that the only reason today in this country that we are not having an independent investigation into this scandal which involves U.D.P. ministers, is because of the Mr. Barrow and the UDP government."

"The Opposition wants it, but not only the Opposition, the Chamber of Commerce, the business people in this country, the churches, the unions - all are in support of an independent investigation into this matter. Mr. Barrow likes to beat his chest and talk about majority rule, well; we collectively comprise a majority of the people in this country. If he is unwilling to listen to the majority then something is seriously wrong."

As we told you earlier, the House meets on Thursday and the Senate meets early next week.