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Newly Reconstituted Ministry Of Nat. Security Has Two CEO’s
posted (March 21, 2018)
John Saldivar's appointment as the Minister of National Security has raised some public concerns - as we showed you, the PUP and the BNTU expressed their disapproval. But the PM isn't reversing his decision on the basis of these alarms. So while Saldivar's position is set, who will take up the post as CEO? Today Gorge Lovell answered that on for us and says he is very pleased with this new merger.

Courtney Weatherburne, reporter
"I know John Saldivar is the Minister, who is the CEO?"

George Lovell, CEO, Ministry of National Security
"Myself, to answer your latter and CEO Enriquez, there are two CEO's in the Ministry of National Security. I feel good about this simply because when I was the CEO for the then Ministry of National Security before it was broken down into Defense and Home affairs we had a lot of good things going. During the time we had Ministry of National Security was when we had the formation of the National Forensic Science Service as a separate department and there are lots of good things going on there."

"I see where there will be greater synergies in terms of bringing together what the defense portion brings to law and order and security."

So, there will now be two CEO's in the Ministry, Lovell and Felix Enriquez. In the past, that same Ministry functioned with a single CEO.

But there's still only one Minister John Saldivar, and today he took to Facebook to respond to the President of the Teacher's Union who yesterday criticized his re-appointment to the Ministry. Saldivar writes, quote,

"Elena Smith you are way out of line. You have absolutely no evidence or right to be referring to me in the manner in which you did. You are using your position as President of the BNTU as a bully pulpit because you know the power of the teachers. It's only a matter of time before teachers realize how you are using their power for your self-serving agenda. Just as evil has not triumph over me to this point so too will I continue to be shielded from your ill-intentions. In the meantime, I continue to do what I was placed on this earth to do. Careful of your glass window, my friend!!!" End quote.

We expect Smith will have a few words for Saldivar tomorrow when the BNTU rallies in Belmopan.

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