BELIZE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL RATING DROPS TO 47% DECEMBER/2009

BELIZE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL RATING DROPS TO 47% FROM 67% IN DECEMBER, 2009

The government failed last summer to implement licenses for bus services to end their Western routes at the BORDER of Belize and Guatemala. This damaged the overland tourist business, particularly for the Twin Towns, Cayo District. A trip to TIKAL today, December 15th, 2009, just as the new HIGH TOURIST SEASON revealed no buses yet at the Western Border and there is no tourist public transportation service to the border between Belize and Guatemala. Tourists have to walk about 2 1/4 miles.
There was a re-licensing exercise in October for bus transportation services on the Western Highway, but apparently neither the Tourist Minister, or the Minister of Transport seem to have any interest, or inclination in doing their jobs they hold assigned by the party leader, Dean Barrow, who is the Prime Minister under our system of government? The licenses renewals did not insist that public service on the Western routes, be extended to finish at the border immigration crossover terminal. This obviously is not going to help the winter tourist high season. The lack of leadership and implementation of basic services shows the arrogance and lack of concern about public service and infra-structure capability by this UDP government.
Therefore the deduction of the 20 points from their UDP managment approval rating report card drops to 47%.