| Tracy Surprised At Being Canned From Committees |
| Fri, September 13, 2024 |
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| And while Panton is aware that Barrow doesn't support their convention, she hadn't realized that he'd kick her and Faber off the House Committees until this morning. She told the media that Barrow may as well be silencing their constituents.
Tracy Panton, Area Rep., Albert
"This only became apparent today, we were not aware that he had written a letter to the selection committee on this matter. It is the prerogative of the Leader of the Opposition to appoint members to House committees. For the record, I'd like to say that I served on 13 House committees. I sat on 12 committees, I chaired one, which is the Joint Public Accounts Committee. I also served as the party whip, but that's his prerogative. The challenge I have with that though is that when you attempt to silence the voices of elected representatives as part of the legislative process, what in effect you do is silence the voices of the people who sent us to the National Assembly to represent them. So it's unfortunate but it is indeed his prerogative."
"We didn't even have the courtesy of hearing from the Leader of the Opposition that that was his agenda but it is his prerogative so I hope the people of Belize are paying notice that he has now in effect silenced their voices in the very important process of foreign policy and determining legislation for the country."
Reporter
"Now you've also indicated, yourself and Mr Faber, that there will be an October 20th convention held by yourself as the alliance…"
Tracy Panton, Area Rep., Albert
"No it's not held by us as the alliance, it is a UDP National Convention that was petitioned by 232 delegates of the national convention which I the highest decision making body of the UDP."
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