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Chapter 4 of the Laws of Belize – THE CONSTITUTION OF BELIZE

PART III

Citizenship 23.-(1) Every person born in Belize, immediately before Independence Day, shall become a citizen of Belize on Independence Day. (2) Every person who, immediately before Independence Day, is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies- (a) having [...]

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Dual Nationality

On February 11, 2012 By

27. A citizen of Belize by birth or descent who acquires the citizenship of any other country may, if the laws of the other country so permit and at his option, retain his citizenship of Belize.

28. The National Assembly may make provision, not inconsistent with this Part, in respect of citizenship, including [...]

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democracy

1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
2. a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
4. political or social equality; [...]

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Votes 4 Citizenship Program

On January 22, 2012 By

Amidst all the hustle and bustle of every day life in Belize there is something happening and most of the people aren’t really paying attention. Our Belizean Citizenship is being marketed away to anyone that promises to gain votes for the upcoming elections. We all know that this is a normal thing in Belize, but [...]

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7NewsBelize

Wed, January 18, 2012

With elections just a few weeks away, the usual flurry of accusations concerning voter fraud and other irregularities leading up to Election Day are heating up. Tonight we have the latest such allegation against the United Democratic Party using its influence to get an upper hand in the [...]

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7NewsBelize

Wed, January 18, 2012

With elections just a few weeks away, the usual flurry of accusations concerning voter fraud and other irregularities leading up to Election Day are heating up. Tonight we have the latest such allegation against the United Democratic Party using its influence to get an upper hand in the [...]

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7NewsBelize

Wed, January 18, 2012

Of course, the Director has a lot on her hands right now. She’s presiding over an office that is being besieged on a daily basis in the run-up to the close of registration. In fact, that office was open until the late hours last night working on the [...]

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7NewsBelize

Wed, January 18, 2012

Of course, the Director has a lot on her hands right now. She’s presiding over an office that is being besieged on a daily basis in the run-up to the close of registration. In fact, that office was open until the late hours last night working on the [...]

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7NewsBelize

Wed, January 18, 2012

Today there was another swearing in of new Belizean citizens in Belmopan. Over 200 new citizens were sworn in at the George Price Center in Belmopan – making it about 750 new citizens naturalized in less than two weeks.

The unseemly haste to process and naturalize [...]

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7NewsBelize
Wed, January 18, 2012

And working the process from the other end is the UDP’s Cayo Northeast Area Representative Elvin Penner. He’s one of the few elected representatives we saw working the ground today – although many UDP minister’s had their political operators working on the ground.

Indeed, many [...]

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7NewsBelize
Wed, January 18, 2012

And working the process from the other end is the UDP’s Cayo Northeast Area Representative Elvin Penner. He’s one of the few elected representatives we saw working the ground today – although many UDP minister’s had their political operators working on the ground.

Indeed, many [...]

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News 5

Another round of mass naturalization is scheduled to take place this week in Belmopan to beat the February twentieth deadline for registration of new voters. There have been two recent swear-in ceremonies; the last was on Friday, when more than five hundred took the oath in Belmopan as full-fledged Belizeans.  The [...]

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Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual–or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to [...]

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