| The final shadow minister to speak was the vice chairman, Alberto August. He complained about the state of the Transport Department as well as the state of sporting facilities in the country, particularly the Mexico Sports Center.
Alberto August, Shadow Minister, Transport & Sports
"For the very first time in the history of this country, the nation is experiencing a prolonged unavailability of vehicle license plate, vehicle stickers, and driver's license. We will recall the minister telling the nation that this matter would have been addressed by September of last year. When that failed, the prime minister himself came out and said this matter would have been addressed by the end of the year. We're almost finished with the first month of the new year and the nation is still experiencing this level of incompetence. When we look at the various bus terminals across this country and the dilapidated conditions of these facilities, it's a further indication of the ministerial incompetence of Rodwell Ferguson."
"We've witnessed recently as yesterday where we have, and we're honored with the presence and the visit of the president of the International Volleyball Association, Mr Cristobal Marte. When this man visited the Mexico Sports Center, one of the areas that should be used for volleyball in this country, that man had nothing good to say about the government of Belize and in particular about the minister with responsibility for sports in this country."
"We hear the Prime Minister making several trips to Mexico. Some of his trips are in secret. In fact the man is telling us when he goes now, he doesn't even have to tell us because he has WhatsApp. Mr Prime Minister, sir, if you're going so frequent to Mexico, why can't you ask the Mexicans, take the photographs of this facility, and ask the Mexicans to please pump in some money to this facility to bring it to the standards that it once was."
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