NOVEMBER 15, 2002
Belgians try again
The Belgian Senate does not have the right to create its own laws but it has a responsibility for settling conflicts of interests between the different institutions at local and national level. In order for the proposed amendment to now be accepted it will have to go to both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and be passed by both. The chances of this happening in the next month are slim and even then there are no guarantees that the FIA World Council will agree to reinstate the Belgian race as the behaviour of the Belgian politicians has to date been incredibly stubborn and the FIA does not want to encourage similar disputes developing in other countries.