Sunday, June 20, 2010
THE BELIZE TIMES
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Bar Association Blasts Barrow!
SUNDAY JUNE 20, 2010
Issue No. 4698
It may have taken an inordinate amount of time and an exceptional display of ‘unseemly’ behavior by the head of government, but the Bar Association came to life this week with a fairly withering list of resolutions aimed at Mr. Barrow and stemming from his blatant move to remove the Chief Justice from the bench, as has been declared by the Bar Assn. Pres. Jackie Marshalleck
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leader of the nation, not a day after his 65th birthday. The intent of the Prime Minister had been evident for some weeks now, but that word was given flesh, so to speak, at a recent meeting between Mr. Barrow and Chief Justice Conteh. In a letter to the Gover nor-General
CJ Abdulai Conteh
More Security Barrow!
Ever yone will tell you that in Belize City there is no sense of security, whether from crime or from interference in the independence of the Judiciary. It was all well and good to turn a blind eye to the gunshots when they rang out far away from the steps of Treasury Lane. But on Thursday, 10th June, 2010, the bullets impacted only feet away from the courtroom of the Chief Magistrate and the Chief Justice. Two brazen gunmen succeeded in a broad daylight execution right in front of the same place that they would have
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PM Dean Barrow
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to return to face charges. That was not smart no matter how much they were being paid or who was paying them. But what is equally not smart is that the authorities have done absolutely nothing to beef up the security at the courts. In Belize City, three of the four courts are on the same street and two of those courts share the very same building. But you would cringe to know (Continued on page 35)
Leave The Judiciary Alone!