Belize Government Mayan land case uses SOPHISTRY. Government performance rating drops from 48% to 46% on issue.

Archeologist Dr. Awe, a reputed dual citizen of Canada and Belize, argues Mayan Indian language group are not indigenous indians of Southern Belize from the Mayan Empire with ancient land rights.


BELIZE GOVERNMENT USES ‘SOPHISTRY’ IN INDIGENOUS MAYAN COURT ARGUMENT

In Belize , we live in the old Mayan Empire and in today’s world there are 22 Mayan distinct languages. In a court case in Belize City , the government lawyer Louis Young and government salaried archeologist Dr. Awe, are using the argument that the Mayan Indians are not indigenous to the Toledo District area.

The height of this sophistry is argued on the part of the Government of Belize; that the current inhabitants of the Toledo District, going back a few hundred years to the 1600’s we know of, from historical records of the Spanish are not indigenous Indians. Such SOPHISTRY is used, because this particular language dominant strain are Queche language groupings. Whereas it is argued, but no evidence has been shown, or proved, that the Toledo District was inhabited once by CHOL speaking Maya.

The sophistry of the legal argument by the government of Belize, that Mayan Indians are not of one species, and do not have a record of ten thousand years of inhabiting this ancient Mayan Empire area, at least as any sort of cohesive empire, or trading economic/political bloc. We can understand Dr. Awe the Mayan archeologist for prostituting himself for the government legal opinion, as I’m sure he wants to reach government retirement with his pension rights intact. There is no way you could make this hombre ( me ) understand that ALL the different language Maya groupings are not one people. To me, Mayan Indians are Mayan Indians and they have lived here for 10,000 years.

It is a bit like saying SAXONS, UTES, JUTES, BRITISH, SCOTCH and WELSH are not Englishmen of the United Kingdom . Or their descendants thereof.

UDP GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE RATING IS SEE-SAWING THIS WEEK. Earlier in the week, the report card and approval rating had jumped to 48%. By close of Friday the work week, the UDP approval rating dropped to 46% based on the actions in this sophistry.

Belize UDP government jumps from 44% to 48% approval rating.

Elrington scores public performance points for UDP government on attitude and frankness of Sugar ACT


UDP GET BOOST IN PERFORMANCE ON FRIDAY MORNING FROM 44% TO 48% APPROVAL RATING

Interview on Television Channel 7 this morning with Elrington, something to do with the legal business in the CABINET. Not sure what his title is, but he is a big wig on internal Belize legal matters as one of the hats he wears in multiple responsibilities.

At any rate the Belize Supreme Court made an unusual decision to call in the GOB lawyer and a breakaway thousand member cane farmers group, who had separated from the main cane farmers association, regarding the new cane farmer group challenge of a Cane Farmers Association ACT, for control of the sugar industry. I vaguely remember the history of this and if memory serves me right, the government of the time was the PUP and they passed hurriedly this Government ACT controlling the cane farmers in a monopoly situation. At the time I remember thinking it was unfair and bad for development of Belize .

Elrington representing this current government went even further in his comments. He said, the Government recognizes that the breakaway thousand member cane farmers group were entitled to govern themselves in competition with the other group, formerly in a monopoly situation. Elrington went on to explain, that the whole ACT in the legal terminology was constitutionally illegal and indefensible from this governments point of view in a court of law.

He went on to say, the ACT would be scrapped and they will probably start over, or evolve something else. In the meantime, sugar producers are free to form their own associations.

I’m sorry I can’t remember the details, of either Elrington’s title in this interview, he wears so many hats in government? Also I cannot remember the particular SUGAR ACT name either. I do remember the unfairness and dictatorial method of the PUP at the time in creating a monopoly over what was then a more unsophisticated sugar cane farmer. Which today is not at all true in Belize , they are very smart people and mostly self educated. In any case, the attitude of ELRINGTON on behalf of his UDP government was refreshing and progressive for development of Belize . “DOWN WITH MONOPOLIES!”