BARROW PULLS AN ASHCROFT

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In 2020, in what was considered a dubious fashion, Barrow disallowed the bill regarding the renewal of the Boledo contract to be debated by the PUPs, then in opposition, resulting in a negative resolution. Thereafter, Prime Minister Briceño had vouched to investigate the Bradsledo contract regarding irregularities upon taking over the office of Government. This was nestled in PlanBelize that was tabled at a House of Representatives sitting.

The Lotteries Tender Committee was first to fire a shot across the bow of BGGL asking the company in a letter, to show cause why the contract should not be revoked. The Committee cited 12 violations tantamount to breach. There have been manifest failures and breach, from the inception of the Bradsledo contract to Brads, Goodlee and now the sudden appearance of another silent partner named Countach in the latest iteration of Brads. Barrow, representing BGGL, responded to the letter and followed up with the threat to invoke the Bilateral Investment Treaty on behalf of his client Contach Technologies Limited, a Caymanyan offshore company, registered in Grand Cayman, if the revocation is pursued. Barrow considered the intent to revoke, as a vendetta by GOB notwithstanding the myriad of violations. This GoB step is to cure the injustices inflicted upon the masses for thirteen years who were denied access to the millions of dollars in proceeds profited into the pockets of Brads. We do not have to wait for history to show that