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In June 2006, the Senate released a report in which it roundly condemned the actions of General Manager Narda Garcia and Chairman Yasin Shoman in presiding over the questionable investment of millions of dollars in failed projects of former House member Glenn Godfrey. It called for their removal and
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In practice, the party that wins the general election (by capturing the most seats in the lower house of representatives) also controls the Senate. In previous incarnations, eight senators were appointed, five by the prime minister, two by the leader of the opposition and one by the governor general
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Following the 2012 general elections, the UDP lost its supermajority and exercised its constitutional limit to appointing four senators to serve as ministers. One, Godwin Hulse, had served as a senator dating back to 2006 and was appointed leader of government business in the House, while three
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Occasionally, a prime minister may find it necessary to appoint a senator to a post in the Cabinet. The first such instance was for C.L.B. Rogers under George Price in 1979 after losing his seat in the House. Price also appointed Ralph Fonseca, who did not run in the 1989 general election, to a
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On October 28, 2006, Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh denied Garcia judicial review, claiming the Senate had no case to answer. Garcia has settled out of court with the Social Security board over her contract, receiving an additional eighty thousand dollars.
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Ramirez, Deborah Mencias-McMillan and Diego Bol were appointed on the advice of the leader of the opposition to replace outgoing Senators Marcel Cardona, Ambrose Tillett and Arthur Roches. This frees Roches and Cardona to run for House seats in 2008.
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Following the 2012 elections, Collet Montejo and Karen Boden joined the long-standing Shoman but were shunted out in 2014 in favour of Andrews and Sylvestre. Montejo, Andrews and Sylvestre are expected to run for seats in the next general elections.
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Senators occasionally use their position as a springboard for election to the lower house which really wields much of the legislature's power. Most senators who do go on to contest elections usually have the backing of their party establishment.
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In 1997, the UDP appointed the Belize ambassador to Mexico, Alfredo "Fred" Martinez, a senator to also serve in Cabinet as minister of trade and industry, thereby relinquishing his ambassadorial appointment, to which he would later return.
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others are newcomers to national administration (Charles Gibson is a former senior public officer and served as CEO under John Saldivar in the Ministry of the Public Service; he was appointed as minister for that portfolio in 2012.)
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reforms to be made to the laws governing Social Security. Shoman and Garcia deny any wrongdoing, but both have been removed from the Board, Garcia choosing to challenge this in court.
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Following an appeal of the decision, on November 16, 2006, Conteh denied Garcia leave to appeal the previous decision. Garcia can still appeal to Belize's Court of Appeal.
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In June 2007, as a result of an Executive reshuffle, Eamon Courtenay was removed as a senator. He was replaced by Ambassador to the United States and OAS,
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reported that Anthony Chanona resigned over disagreements with a recent bill argued before the Senate. His replacement, David Hoy, was named in November.
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meeting. Senators will discuss the measures sent by the House for review and approval, then vote on whether they should be sent back or approved.
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Former Senator Richard "Dickie" Bradley twice lost elections to the House and was appointed a senator and given a Cabinet post each time.
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Who cannot be senators: members of the House, members of the armed and police forces, persons contracted to work for the Government.
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Beginning in late 2005, the Senate convened an investigation into allegations of mismanagement of public funds at the
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and the Belize Advisory Council. One more senator was given to the opposition beginning in the 1990s.
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saw a majority of those voting support an elected senate but on a much lower turnout than in the
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minister of state post until he ran and won in a newly created constituency in 1993.
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the National Trade Union Congress of Belize and the Civil Society Steering Committee
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The Senate traditionally meets in session in the week immediately following a
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the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belize Business Bureau
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Senators are appointed by the governor general in the following manner:
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the Belize Council of Churches and Evangelical Association of Churches
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Senate of Belize
17°15′04″N 88°46′23″W / 17.2512°N 88.7730°W / 17.2512; -88.7730

Upper House
National Assembly of Belize
President
Hon.
Carolyn Trench Sandiford
Hon.
Collet Montejo
PUP
Hon.
Eamon Courtenay
PUP
Hon.
Michael Peyrefitte
UDP

PUP
UDP
Voting system
Governor-General

National Assembly Building
Belmopan
Belize
National Assembly of Belize
Constitution of Belize
Politics of Belize

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