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PSU responds to PM on Ministerial allowances: Accuses government of politicizing poverty, says ministers’ allowances are being used to justify vote-buying

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By Breaking Belize News Staff: Public Service Union (PSU) President Dean Flowers has accused the Briceño administration of perpetuating a culture of political patronage in which vulnerable Belizeans are forced to depend on elected representatives for basic necessities, arguing that the government’s justification for ministerial allowances exposes deeper failures in the country’s social assistance system. […] The post PSU responds to PM on Ministerial allowances: Accuses government of politicizing poverty, says ministers’ allowances are being used to justify vote-buying appeared first on Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com .

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