Attorney General Castigates Chamber Over UNCAC Implementation

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Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics

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The Office of the Attorney General has finally responded to the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in respect of the UNCAC implementation process.  On October twenty-second, the Chamber wrote to Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte regarding the carrying out of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.  The business organization took that opportunity to register its dissatisfaction with the sluggish pace at which the process is reportedly moving, criticizing it as, “a slow and winding path of bureaucracy.” On Friday, President Nikita Usher told News Five that it was the second letter written to the AG’s ministry, in light of a report from the Chamber’s committee member citing a lack of progress on the status of the UNCAC implementation.  We followed up with AG Peyrefitte at the prime minister’s press conference on Monday and here is his response.

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