1.   Equality under the Law:  Government must treat every person equally regardless of race, religion, gender, age, or party allegiance.

a.   Government must redistrict to equalize constituencies as required by the Belize Constitution to ensure a balanced representation of the people, giving equal weight to all voices in our democracy.

2.   Rule of Law:  Government must champion the rule of law through its own compliance with our laws and by enforcing our laws without preferential treatment for anyone.

a.   Ministerial discretion must be eliminated.

3.   Independent Branches of Government:  Government must ensure the independence of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government with rigorously enforced checks and balances that guard independence to prevent governmental abuse of power by any one branch of government.

4.   Prevention of Corruption, Accountability and Transparency:  All levels of government must be transparent and accountable to the people, with zero tolerance for lack of transparency and accountability, particularly with respect to fiscal matters, including. 

a.   Annual independent audits of all government bodies with all such audits timely and publicly available in paper and electronic formats. 

b.   Active compliance and enforcement of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption Treaty which Belize ratified on 2 August 2002.

c.   Full compliance by all elected and appointed Government officials with the Codes of Conduct established by Section 121 of the Belize Constitution and the Prevention of Corruption in Public Life Act of 2007, including annual publication of reports of their financial dealings.

i. Anti-corruption laws must include penalties sufficient to deter corruption, including fines and jail time, and these laws must be enforceable by the public.

ii.Conflict of interest laws must be developed and strengthened.

d.   Placing the Social Security System on a sound financial footing starting with a complete and public audit of the Social Security system.

e.   Meaningfully involving the public in development of governmental policies and ensuring that the public is fully informed of all governmental plans, actions and activities.

f.    Passage and enforcement of sweeping reforms of the Freedom of Information Act to make it a truly viable tool in rooting out corruption.

5.   Territorial Integrity:  Government must protect our territorial borders, without compromise and without negotiation of Belize territorial rights.

6.   Local Government Autonomy:  Local governments must have more autonomy and control of community affairs with all constituencies sharing resources on a per capita basis.

a.   Government shall actively assist village councils in enacting appropriate village by-laws for self-governance under the Village Councils Act, and

b.   Constituencies should have a guaranteed share of resources regardless of the political affiliation of the Area Representative

Campaign Finance Reform:  Government must enact and enforce campaign finance reforms limiting amounts that may be spent on campaigns, regulating the use of campaign funds, and requiring full disclosure of annual campaign contributions of more than $5,000 by any one individual or business.

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