BAA Renegotiation Airport Security Contracts

Minister Thea Garcia-Ramirez says the new board at the Belize Airports Authority is gearing up to revisit and renegotiate the controversial airport security contracts. She hopes the fresh talks will help clear up recent concerns and fix any problems tied to the original deals.

 

Thea Garcia-Ramirez, Former General Manager, BAA

“Whatever those are I am sure that both the contracting parties and the BAA will ensure that whatever has been signed or whatever is the issues, I am not sure if there are any issues, it will be rectified. But at the same time we want capable companies, not what appears to be fly by night companies that seems to just have set up. There is something to say about doing things right from the very begging and not granting these contracts for something that is very sensitive like security at airports. I will tell you that Belize was a very low security risk. So the types of security that was contemplated prior to the hijacking was different than what may now be contemplated because the risks have increased. So perhaps those are the renegotiations that are happening and that is the reconfiguration that is happening.”