We also got to ask the leader of government business in the Senate about the lucrative Brads Boledo contract.
Godwin Hulse was a business senator when the contract was awarded in 2009 - and he discussed why it was given to Brads:..
Hon. Godwin Hulse, Senator for Government Business
"There were three applicants at the time. We had screened them thoroughly. One dropped out and at the last hour the other one dropped out so we were only left with Brads so the committee that I was on which was made up of several people, I was at the time Senator for the Business Community and so we after looking at the conditions that were put on the Brads Company to progress with this we were satisfied and recommended to the Government. Of course it was the government that did the final contract. So that is where it ended for me."
Reporter
"So why such a lucrative contract be with a shareholder under a foreign company?"
Hon. Godwin Hulse
"I don't know. Lots of contracts around the world and lots of contracts in Belize have foreign shareholders and that sort of thing. But as I said, it is going out to tender. That is what I hear and another company may come up with a much better proposal and government may grab it."
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