Message by the Hon. Dean Barrow
My Fellow Belizeans, this is a
transformational moment in the history of our country, a time when, more
than ever, all of us are so very proud to be Belizean.
Yesterday, all the social partners went on record to say a resounding “no”
to the infamous UHS arrangements that the Prime Minister wishes to push
through the House. Teachers, Public Officers, Doctors, Nurses, electricity
workers, water workers, communication workers, trades people, housewives,
students - all will descend on Belmopan tomorrow to tell the Prime Minister
that his motion shall not pass. The Private Sector has agreed to a countrywide
shutdown, and the nation is united as never before in defense of Belizean
rights.
All of us give thanks to those that throughout worked so hard to produce this wonderful coming together of our country. And whatever happens in the House, the awesome display of people power that has already occurred, and which will tomorrow find its fullest expression in the National Assembly square in Belmopan, represents the greatest modern day triumph of our democracy.
It is in these circumstances that I feel able to make an appeal for us to do nothing that can mar that triumph. There is no need for violence tomorrow. There is no place for violence tomorrow. Let us not spoil the victory that is already ours, because there is no Prime Minister, no government, no force on earth that can overcome the resolve Belizeans have shown.
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