‘Hundreds of Payments’: Formal Corruption Complaint Filed Against Mira
The political and legal pressure on Belmopan Area Representative Oscar Mira is intensifying. A formal corruption complaint has been filed with the Integrity Commission of Belize. It is seeking an investigation into the alleged use of Mira’s official influence to funnel millions of dollars to family members and associated business interests.
Mira has denied knowing of his relatives’ business transactions.
The complaint was submitted by Edward Broaster, the UDP’s Belize Rural Central caretaker, under Section 34 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Broaster pointed to the growing allegations that Mira committed “Conflict of Interest and Illicit Benefit”, held “Undisclosed Private Interest in Government Contracts”, and abused his official influence to benefit relatives financially.
“I have reasonable grounds to believe that Hon. Oscar Mira, a ‘person in public life’ under Section 2 of the Act, is in breach of the provisions of this Act,” Broaster says in his complaint, citing Section 34(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 105 of the Substantive Laws of Belize.
At the centre of the complaint are two vendors: Jenny Mira, Mira’s sister, and MP Farms, a business linked Stanley and Brian Mira, Mira’s brothers. Dozens of screenshots pulled straight from the government’s Smart Stream system show hundreds of payments made to both vendors between 2020 and 2025, predominantly from the Ministry of Defence, which Mira previously oversaw.
Those records revealed that MP Farms received nearly $400,000 in government payments in a single day, while hundreds of other records revealed Jenny Mira receiving thousands of dollars. Other paying departments listed include the Ministry of Health, NEMO, and the Belize Coast Guard.
The complaint flags a pattern that has drawn public scrutiny, which are payments structured below the $10,000 threshold, a ceiling above which Treasury oversight kicks in with stricter measures.
Broaster is requesting the Integrity Commission conduct a full investigation, examine Mira’s sworn declarations of assets and income, appoint a special investigator, and refer findings to the Director of Public Prosecutions if criminal conduct is found.
The complaint lands just one week after Opposition Leader Tracy Panton submitted a Freedom of Information request demanding the full paper trail on contracts involving Jenny Mira, MP Farms, Mount Pleasant Farms Limited, FAST Construction Company Limited, FTW Company Limited, and related entities from 2020 to present.
“We want to know to whom were these contracts issued, what was the value, what tenders were publicly advertised, who evaluated the bids, who approved the contracts, were procurement procedures followed, were conflicts of interest declared, were payments structured to avoid scrutiny, were the goods and services actually delivered, and did the Belizean people get value for money?” Panton said last Tuesday.
Mira finally addressed the explosive allegations for the first time the day after, on June 17, his first response after weeks of silence. He denied any involvement in procurement decisions and insisted that tender committees fall under the Ministry of Finance and that he has never sat on, or attempted to influence, any such committee.
According to Mira, “Tenders are published in the newspaper. Any interested person can apply. They go through a lengthy process. I had no say; I was not part of those committees.”
On the structured payments, Mira recognised the concern but stopped short of admitting wrongdoing. “I do not think that anyone wouldn’t be concerned. But was anything illegally done? I do not know,” he said, adding, “I believe that in every crisis, you learn from it, and I myself am trying to make sure that I learn from this.”
The Integrity Commission made it clear last Friday that any person who believes an act of corruption has occurred can formally submit it and have it investigated under Belizean law.
Broaster formally filed the complaint at the Integrity Commission’s office in Belmopan today, but the process was not without friction. Coming out of The Integrity Commission’s office, Broaster told News 5 that staff were reluctant to accept the complaint.
He said, “I never seen jumpier people than that yet, everything they make calls, they didn’t even want to take the complaint,” adding, “I think the Prime Minister, in his own words, has said that we should not be tolerating corruption, and we should put people in prison. So, giving Oscar Mira a three-month leave, is far cry from what he has been advocating for. I just hope that he will uphold the standards and rhetoric that he has been pushing.”
Broaster maintains that this is not a political move on his part, but rather “on behalf of the poor people of Belize, the public purse.”