PSU President Supports Chamber, Criticizes Utility Monopolies

Also weighing in on the rumored buyout is President of the Public Service Union Dean Flowers. He stands in full support of the Chamber’s position on the issue. Flowers further contends that Belize continues to grapple with utility monopolies operating at a loss.

 

Dean Flowers, President, Public Service Union

“Unfortunately we have not seen that translate into lower costs for citizens. Right now we are grappling with that with WASA and BEL, monopolies operating at a loss, monopolies that currently holds a significant portion of our pension benefits coming out of social security, monopolies in the case of BEL, asking for more money, while being unable to turnover a profit to make the long term pension fund more sustainable. And I want to applaud the BCCI for their response today. I think they were on point and this is one time I stand in full solidarity with everything they stated in their release.”