Apr 30, 2021 Opposition Responds to Senator Courtenay on T.N.C. During Monday’s Senate Budget Debate, Senator Eamon Courtenay raised the issue of the U.D.P. administration’s waiving taxes on land purchased by the Nature Conservancy for a period of fifty years. According to Courtenay, this would have yielded over three hundred million dollars in revenue to the government of Belize. He referred to the arrangement as a ‘secret agreement’ and a ‘nefarious deal.’ Today, those who were at the helm of the former administration had their say when the Opposition held a press conference in Belize City. Former Attorney General refuted Senator Courtenay’s claim that the agreement was done unlawfully because it was not brought before the National Assembly for approval.