"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
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SPECIAL CONSTITUTIONAL SERIES
DEMOCRACY, DIGITAL RIGHTS & THE BELIZE CONSTITUTION
PART I
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BELIZE
"Freedom is rarely surrendered all at once. More often, it is narrowed one regulation, one licence, one exception, and one justification at a time."
EDITORIAL
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:
Belize City: Friday 17th July 2023: The story surrounding procurement within the Ministry of Defence has entered a new phase.
What began as questions about contracts, suppliers, and procurement practices has now evolved into a broader discussion about governance itself.
Recent reports have linked yet another politically connected individual to the Ministry's supply chain—this time through a company associated with Cabinet Secretary Stuart Leslie.
