SENATOR LISA M. SHOMAN August 28, 2015 The Clerk of the National Assembly The National Assembly of Belize Independence Hill Belmopan Dear Mr. Webster, Re: NOTICE OF MOTION I enclose herewith a NOTICE OF MOTION which I would like included in the order of business for the Senate Meeting scheduled for September 4,2015. Kindly acknowledge receipt at your earliest convenience. Yours faithfully, Pan, M. Shor 35 Barrack Road, Suite 201, Belize City, Belize, Phone No. 501-223-1018BELIZE 2015 IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF BELIZE 2015 SENATE MOTION TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Standing Orders 23 and 25 of the Senate Standing Orders, the Senate is be moved for a Motion as follows: WHEREAS Section 61(A) (2) of the Constitution of Belize, Chapter 4 of the Laws of Belize sets out the powers and functions of the Senate as including: “(d) Instituting and conducting enquiries and investigations on any ‘matter of public interest or importance, including inquiries into mismanagement or corruption by persons in the central government or public statutory bodies; (g) Requiring the attendance before it of any Chief Executive Officer ina Government Ministry in respect of any matter of which he has knowledge by virtue of his office, or in respect of anything related to his office and the due execution of his duties; and AND WHEREAS on August 16, 2015, officers and vessels of the Guatemalan Navy entered Belizean internal waters and committed an incursion, as was acknowledged by Prime Minister Dean Barrow in his address to the Nation made on August 19, 2015;AND WHEREAS the Prime Minister in his address to the Nation on August 19, 2015, stated that “our BDF are routinely challenged by the Guatemalans and as happened just last Tuesday, are frequently told to turn back. The Prime Minister also stated in that address that “ They always complete their mission even when as also happened last Tuesday, they are threatened by the Guatemalan Navy, with the ramming of their boat and/or a firefight.” ; ‘AND WHEREAS there is no other information provided to the Senate and the Belizean people, other than in the address of the Prime Minister, as stated above and no other detail has been provided to the Senate, by the Government of Belize as to how long this situation in the Sarstoon River has been occurring; the steps that the Government of Belize has taken in respect of the same; and if any protest has been made to Guatemala, both in respect of the incident in the Sarstoon River on August 16, 2015, and any other incident or incursion previous to that; AND WHEREAS the matter of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Belize and the exercise thereof, by Belize over the Sarstoon River up to ‘the midpoint of the main navigable channel and all our borders and boundaries is a matter of the highest public national importance and therefore, do fall within the duties of the Senate which include “instituting and conducting enquiries and investigations on any matter of public interest or importance”; AND WHEREAS this is therefore a matter within the duties, rights and responsibilities of the Senate of urgent public interest and importance and THEREFORE REQUIRE THAT THE SENATE EXERCISE ITS POWERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL ITS ROLE AND FUNCTION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF BELIZE AND REQUIRE THE ATTENDANCE BEFORE THE SENATE of the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry ofNational Security and the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to be questioned and to explain, and to provide as much information and detail possible to the Senate as possible relating to the incidents involving the Belize Defence Force and Belize Coast Guard and the Guatemalan Navy in the Sarstoon River, and any other border incursion or confrontation and to explain the exercise of sovereignty and preservation of territorial and maritime integrity of Belize over all its terrestrial and maritime borders or boundaries. BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Senate shall be moved in the exercise of its powers, duties and responsibilities as set out in accordance with Section 61(A) (2) of the Constitution of Belize, Chapter 4 of the Laws of Belize as follows: 1) To require the attendance before the Senate, of the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of National Security and the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to be questioned and to explain, and to provide as much information and detail possible to the Senate as possible relating to the incidents involving the Belize Defence Force and Belize Coast Guard and the Guatemalan Navy in the Sarstoon River, and any other border incursion or confrontation and to explain the exercise of sovereignty and preservation of territorial and maritime integrity of Belize over all its terrestrial and maritime borders or boundaries. 2) To question these said persons and inquire into all matters involving the incidents involving the Belize Defence Force and Belize Coast Guard and the Guatemalan Navy in the Sarstoon River, and any other border incursion or confrontation and to explain the exercise of sovereignty and preservation of territorial3) 4) and maritime integrity of Belize over all its terrestrial and maritime borders or boundaries. To examine all such persons as are required to attend before the Senate as witnesses, pursuant to Standing Order 72 of the Senate Standing Orders; To hold and conduct its sittings and meetings in public. DATED THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2015 / Hl / ENATOR LISA M SHOMAN3) 4) and maritime integrity of Belize over all its terrestrial and maritime borders or boundaries. To examine all such persons as are required to attend before the Senate as witnesses, pursuant to Standing Order 72 of the Senate Standing Orders; To hold and conduct its sittings and meetings in public. DATED THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2015 JENATOR LISA M SHOMAN