Tomorrow's House Meeting in Belmopan will be a warm one for the Barrow Administration, and we're not talking about what the thermometer says; we mean the political temperature.
First off, the PUP is expected to attack the Barrow Administration for the BTL half a billion dollar payment, the Danny Mason debacle, the auditor General's report, and the decision not to appeal the section 53 judgement. And while all that rumbling will take place inside the chamber, outside, the churches are expected to bring their numbers to demand that the government appeal the CJ's decision. And the churches aren't alone: as we've been telling you, the utility unions and the Teachers union put out releases asking government to do the same. So has it moved the Prime Minister? Will the loudest and most powerful prayers from the church leaders change his mind? Well Courtney Weatherburne asked him today at the airport and he told her that there's no chance of that happening. He explained why.
And while the PM will have to fight with the churches and the unions, we're reliably informed that he may be facing a fight within his own cabinet - because senior party figures including former Deputy Gaspar Vega and second Deputy Leader Erwin Contreras are firmly opposed to the section 53 ruling. We'll wait and see if those two senior frontbenchers appear at tomorrow's house meeting in support of the government.
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