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PUP to Court on A Holy Thursday?
posted (April 17, 2019)
When is Belize going to have its ICJ referendum? If the Government has its way, it would take place - possibly within a month since the new Territorial Referendum law is now in place.

But, if the Opposition PUP has its way, the referendum will be further postponed. They still have their lawsuit in the Supreme Court against the 2008 Special Agreement, and their claim remains unresolved. The next time that Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin will hear the case is on Monday, April 29th. On that date, he is expected to carry out a case management conference on the lawsuit. He will also hear the Government's application to set aside the injunction he granted to the PUP, which caused the April 10th referendum to be postponed in the first place.

But, while that's 2 weeks away, and after the Easter break….tomorrow, both sides are scheduled to go before the Court of Appeal for a separate case management. That's because, as we told you the PUP filed a cross appeal to ensure that their complaint against the Special Agreement remains live before the Court.

That higher court may chose to hear that appeal tomorrow or at a future date, or, it may chose to stay that appeal until the Chief Justice definitively rules on the PUP's case about the Special Agreement.

Assuming the rare court session is held on the Thursday before Good Friday, It could be an interesting day at the Court of Appeal tomorrow, and we'll be there.

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