CONSTITUTIONAL SERIES
CHAPTER I
"Before deciding who should vote, Belize must first decide who constitutes the political community in whose name sovereignty is exercised."
INTRODUCTION
Every election season, the question returns.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Belize City: Saturday 25th July 2026: The Government says the proposed investment in BEL is not a bailout.
BEL says it is not making excessive profits on the cost of power.
The Ministry explains that the proposed ($73M) seventy-three-million-dollar purchase is an equity investment in preference shares that should eventually produce returns.
Technically, that explanation may be correct.
"The Constitution Protects People—Not Technologies."
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NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE
SPECIAL CONSTITUTIONAL SERIES
DEMOCRACY, DIGITAL RIGHTS & THE BELIZE CONSTITUTION
PART II - EDITORIAL
Belize City: Thursday 23rd July: The Debate Belize Should Really Be Having
SPECIAL FEATURE
Why the National Conversation on Money in Politics Must Go Beyond Another Study
Belize City: Thursday 23rd July 2026: There are moments in a nation's democratic journey when research has the potential to become more than an academic exercise. It can become the catalyst for meaningful national reform.
Special Feature
Belize City: Wednesday 22nd July 2026: Emy Gilharry Ramirez describes herself as an ordinary citizen making a contribution to a national discussion.
What she has placed before the public, however, is far from ordinary.
Special Feature - Must Read:
Belize City: Tuesday 20th July 2026: The United States has opened a new international front in what it describes as the fight against terrorism.
This time, however, the principal target presented to dozens of foreign governments was not al-Qaeda, the Islamic State or another established international terrorist organization. It was what the Trump Administration calls the resurgence of transnational far-left political terrorism.
Belize City: Saturday 18th July 2026: The Association of Defence Attorneys (ADA) has ignited a national debate by criticizing the apparent appointment of two additional foreign judges and calling for the removal of the Chief Justice as Chairperson of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC). The Attorney General has since clarified that the appointment process is still ongoing and that no final decision has yet been made.
For many Belizeans, however, this debate is not really about nationality.
Constitutional Governance Series
Belize City: Sunday 19th July 2026: For months, the public conversation has revolved around one question: Can Jerry Enriquez take the Government of Belize to court over the prolonged vacancy in the Office of the Ombudsman?
The answer to that question is important, but it is not the most important one.
The larger constitutional question belongs to every Belizean:
By: Omar Silva – Editor/Publisher
National Perspective Belize
Belize City: Wednesday 15th July 2026:
"An attack on the ancestral rights of one Garifuna community is felt across the entire Garifuna Nation."
By: Omar Silva – Editor/Publisher
A National Perspective Belize Special Report
INTRODUCTION
When the Water Receded, the Questions Remained
On the morning of July 11–12, 2026, much of Belmopan found itself under water.
