And while the prime minister will eventually have to say something about the allegations against the San Pedro mayor, today we asked him about the man who's on a press tour saying he will replace Briceno. That's the leader of the opposition Shyne Barrow who was on a media tour all of last week in advance of the release of his documentary the Honorable Shyne which premieres tonight on Hulu. And the Prime Minister says he is one of those who will pull up a chair and a bag of popcorn and watch Shyne Barrow.
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"Unfortunately for him he is not running in the United States he is running in Belize and I doubt he is getting any kind of coverage, the coverage he is getting in Belize let's put it this way is not coverage any leader would want to get. But again timing, it just so happens that P diddy has been arrested for a lot of alleged crimes, sexual and drugs and that kind of stuff and Shyne was apart of that world so I don't know if he was a part of that but it just so happened that he according to him I don't he said it back then during that time that he took the fall for P Diddy it is good marketing for him he is taking advantage when a man is down, P Diddy is down and now he is stepping on him and trying to lift his profile. You don't usually do that I could have been doing that to him everyday and I don't but it's good theater for him and I'm happy for him and he can continue doing that in the United States because that is the life he wants he does not want to be here in Belize he wants to be in the United States of America and the minute he got and became the least of the opposition the first thing he did was ask the black caucus in congress was to ask them if they would support him in getting a visa and as soon as he got his visa he pretty much is more in the US than here and good for him I have no envy for him I don't envy him I am happy for him because Belize is my home and this is the only home I will ever have and I don't plan to go anywhere. Will I see the documentary when it becomes available of course I'll look at it and then see how they have spinned things and I'm sure that if the producers were to come and interview the people that were praising him back then I'm sure you would get a different picture but they probably know that by now."
Shyne Barrow is planning a local premiere for this weekend.
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