As we told you earlier, the Senate met in Belmopan today to complete the passage of 4 pieces of legislation, which had been tabled at the House of Representatives last week Friday. At the end of that 4-hour session, all of the proposed bills were passed into law this afternoon, and tonight, we'll take a look at each of them.
First with the extension of the State of Emergency - which you heard about in our last segment.
Next was the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act so that Magistrates can no longer grant bail to border jumpers who are participating in contraband activities.
As we told you, GOB is getting tough, draconian even, on border jumpers who have been the source of COVID coming into Belize.
Here's the debate on this amendment in the Senate today:
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