CHURCHES SUPPORT PROPOSED NINTH AMENDMENT PENDING CHANGES

Government says following meetings it has secured the full support of the Evangelical Association of Churches and the Belize Council of Churches for the ninth amendment bill. According to a release from Government the decision of the churches came after frank discussions in which Government clarified the bill's intention and agreed to certain changes in order to allay publicly expressed fears and misconceptions. The change will see the removal of the specific language barring court enquiry into the validity of any law passed to alter the constitution before the bill is brought back for passage through Parliament. The Church leaders were convinced that the agreed trimming of the language in sections 69 subsection nine, 145 sub section one and two of the bill should put an end to any public dispute over the bill's purpose and effect. The official public consultations on the bill are still ongoing.

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