BY: CP Mathers
The United Democratic Party is rapidly losing grounds in the old capital as more and more people are staying away from their political conventions, a clear sign that they are fed up with the UDP government.
Of the 13 seats, 10 of which are within city limits, 7 of them have UDP candidates. Three were contested, three endorsed and one candidate had a secret endorsement. In all these conventions and endorsements, there has been a poor turnout and it clearly shows that they are losing grounds in Belize City.
The Caribbean Shores convention held in December last year saw a turnout of around one thousand voters, the PUP got 1200. Lee Mark was endorsed in the Freetown Division with less than four hundred persons attending, very poor turnout despite the Chon Saan giveaways. Port Loyola was yet another endorsement, but despite the $5,000 in cash prizes, Boots had very little support in numbers. In the Collet division, because of major favoritism, and a clear fear of the horns of Barrow, no one dared to challenge Patrick Faber. In Mesopotamia, no warning was given that the foul mouthed Michael Finnegan would magically remain the standard bearer for that division. Money spoke at the Albert convention according to Tom Morrison, as Herman Longsworth's 423 supporters collected money to turn up at the convention. After bawling, begging and crawling with his tail tucked between his legs, Mark King managed to contest for the Lake I seat and won his division, a Southside division of mass numbers, with only little over seven hundred voters coming out.
If the United Democratic Party has not gotten the memo, let us spell it out, your time is up! Convention after convention, endorsement after endorsement, the people are speaking, enough is enough!
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Source: The Belize Times
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