By Zoila Palma: During the UDP’s Tuesday’s press conference, Leader of the Opposition Tracy Panton expressed concerns about Belize’s hopes to learn from El Salvador’s crime fighting strategy.
“The reason the UDP felt very compelled to be here this morning to offer proposals for consideration is because the government is bankrupt of ideas. Their first response is to engage in an unconstitutional, illegal measure that has been taken to the Appeal Court that says we cannot use SOEs as a crime prevention strategy. And while the Commissioner sought to make reference to the Constitution to say it’s constitutionally sound, if you read the provisions of Section 18(b) of the Constitution of Belize, it certainly does not, in my view, provide for this SOE to be deemed constitutional,” Panton said.
With reference to Belize seeking to learn from El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s strategy, Panton said that those measures are “draconian.”
“Well, I don’t know what the Minister hopes to glean from President Bukele. It’s widely known that the measures that he has used are draconian. But Bukele has said something critically important, and I want you to bear with me. He said if a government is unable to arrest crime in its community, it is because the government is criminals themselves,” Panton added.
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By Zoila Palma: During the UDP’s Tuesday’s press conference, Leader of the Opposition Tracy Panton expressed concerns about Belize’s hopes to learn from El Salvador’s crime fighting strategy. “The reason the UDP felt very compelled to be here this morning to offer proposals for consideration is because the government is bankrupt of ideas. Their first
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