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PM Implores Opposition: Don’t Go To Sarstoon, Let’s Talk
posted (May 5, 2016)
And one of the most significant developments coming out of this evening's press conference is that the Prime Minister is urging the opposition not to go down the Sarstoon as it has promised to do. The PUP say they want to challenge the controversial Statutory Instrument put forth by the government. The Prime Minister asked them not to do so at this delicate stage of the negotiations over the Sarstoon:...

Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"I especially concern over any development that could undo the diplomatic start that has been made and it is in this context that we view the planned visit of the People's United Party to the Sarstoon. That visit if it proceeds would very likely undermined the position reached yesterday at the OAS and all our painstaking work could go for north. To our mind, it is therefore imperative that no group should go to the Sarstoon before we would have had a chance in the remaining 3 weeks that the law is enforced to conclude our negotiations with Guatemala. The PUP is the constitutional opposition of this country, a so called government in waiting. It has a particular role and responsibility, far above that of any ordinary civilian organization. We would just hope that the People's United Party would stay in hand in view of what has happened in Washington so as to give the negotiations which we again invite them to be a central part of an opportunity to be finalized. I accordingly make a formal appeal to them to postponed their Sarstoon trip, rejoin the government in the negotiating process with Guatemala and help to secure the diplomatic result that Belize needs to guarantee its rights."

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