Both major political parties, the People's United Party (PUP) and United Democratic Party (UDP), supported the measure as a way of ending the claim. Leader of the Opposition Manuel Esquivel and UDP Deputy Leader Dean Barrow toured the country with sitting Prime Minister George Price in bipartisan support of the bill.
The People's United Party (PUP) and the United Democratic Party (UDP), both major political parties, supported a measure to end the dispute.  Opposition leader Manuel Esquivel and UDP deputy leader Dean Barrow traveled with Prime Minister George Price across the country in support of the bill.