The Opposition People’s United Party has filed a motion in the Senate, seeking to pass amendments to the Maritime Areas Act to set a defined boundary to the maritime area in the south that belongs to Belize. Opposition Leader John Briceno has for some time, raised the matter before the House of Representatives, but to the Government side, the message goes into one ear and exits the other. The Opposition, no longer on the mood to wait, will make its move at the next Senate meeting. PUP Senator Eamon Courtenay explained.
So what amendment to the act is being proposed? It’s for Belize to declare the full extent of their maritime boundary by law. Courtenay said that with a series of negotiations with Guatemala having failed, it is just right to secure our maritime boundaries.
There is no set date for the next meeting of the Senate.