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Hon. Musa Gets Party Support For Diaspora Amendment
posted (November 14, 2018)
And we also asked Kareem Musa to take off his attorney hat and put on his political one. He gave us an update on his proposed amendment to the representation of people act, which would allow Belizeans living abroad to vote in the referendum. He said he got the support of his party this morning:

Hon. Kareem Musa, Pushing Diaspora Vote
"I actually had a meeting with my party leader this morning concerning the proposed members' bill and I am happy to announce that the party and the party leader are fully behind me on this. If you would recall the initial draft of the bill provided for those Belizeans to be able to register, but it would mean that they would have had to travel to Belize in order to register. Now the number one concern that has been raised is that it is not practical and so what we are currently working on and I hope to have that amendment by today, is to include a provision in the proposed draft amendment to allow members of the diaspora to be able to register and to vote in the referendum abroad. So that would take place at the relevant embassies and consuls in respective states."

Musa says he is working on the final draft and then he will take it to the Prime Minister to ask his support.

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