By then, General Jones will no longer be commander of the BDF. He told us he leaves in a few months:...
Brig. Gen. David Jones - Commander BDF
"The Commander of Belize Defence Force, whoever becomes the commander will only serve in capacity for 4 years, so despite me reaching my age, I have remained actually a year, more than I should. I'm expected to retire this year. So my official retirement date to be in December so I will demit office this year and someone else will take up the reign."
Jules Vasquez
"Do they know who is next?"
Brig. Gen. David Jones - Commander BDF
"Well that will be a decision firstly from our ministry of defence, that person's name need to go to the cabinet for the prime minister to approve, so as soon as the prime minister approves then we will know who that person will be."
Reporter
"But who will be in the pool of candidates that will replace you?"
Brig. Gen. David Jones - Commander BDF
"The number of officers, we have the deputy commander and we have 3 at least 3 other Lt. Col. who will be a part of the selection process, but ultimately that decision will be done by the cabinet and the prime minister who will succeed me this year."
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