President of the Public Service Union (PSU), Dean Flowers, has responded to innuendos that he may be at the center of a high-profile drug investigation that involves several public officers.  Flowers told Love News this afternoon that rather than attacking the union, the Police Commissioner, Dr Anthony Rosado, should be expressing gratitude.  His response comes after the commissioner told the media to ask Flowers why his cell number has popped up in the criminal investigation.

Dean Flowers, President, PSU: “I didn’t see any such report and so I do not wish to comment on something that I’m not aware of. To the best of my knowledge no union leader was detained, none can and will be detained and I can say to you the investigating officers it would be prudent for them to properly brief the Commissioner and for the Commissioner to give a press conference to express to this nation where they are with that. But I will say this my brother, I’ve walked a straight road especially when I took up this leadership and I will not allow anybody to try to throw low blows, shade on my character. I will not allow it. It will not work with Dean Flowers. Dean Flowers is a man of his word. That’s all I got, my word and when I choose to lead people and defend their rights and the rights of their children because what we’re out here too is fighting for good governance. I will not compromise myself and so as I stated I know this matter will be drawn out and he will have to respond.”

As it relates to the summoning of teachers to Dangriga court, PSU’s Flowers says that the police department and the Constitution of Belize are being used to weaponize the unions.  He called on its members and the public to observe how things are being done.

Dean Flowers, President, PSU: “It is no secret that the state has weaponized litigation against its citizens primarily black men. Primarily black men. It is no secret that an administration that is being accused of being a racist administration is now weaponizing the constitution, retroactively against black men. And I said I will not stand for that because what stops them from weaponizing the law against union leaders ? What stops them from doing that ? What stops them from declaring Maya Mopan or Salvapan or any union leader reside and say we can’t mobilize. And so we need to pay attention and that was what I was calling out.”