U.D.P. Needs Manuel Heredia’s Support to Win B.R.S.

While the U.D.P. looks for a new standard bearer to represent the party in Port Loyola for the next general elections, out in Belize Rural South, the Leader of the Opposition is banking heavily on the support of the party’s former area representative, Manuel Heredia to take that seat from the P.U.P.’s Andre Perez. Barrow said that they must do what is in the best interest of the U.D.P. and they are relying on whoever Heredia recommends, and maybe the party holds a convention if there are other candidates in that constituency.

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“We had a situation in Belize Rural South and the candidate had to be moved. We voted for the candidate to be moved and then we need to move forward. So certainly I played a role as far as going to the constituency and meeting with very many members of the executive past and present, including Manuel Heredia. And so no one is mentioning that the crooks of the matter with Belize Rural South. No one is icing Mr. Guerrero. He has applied. But what happened is no one else was allowed to apply. There was a rush to fill the vacancy and at the objection and protests of people like Manuel Heredia, who I will say right here and right now, we cannot win Belize Rural South without the support of Manuel Heredia, bottom line, and I want to win. Andre Perez – the weakest candidate of the P.U.P.s, he and Usher are neck and neck. We can definitely win in Belize Rural South, but we cannot do that without the support of the former minister. We have to do what is in the best interest of the party in order to win in the Belize Rural South constituency. And so the fact that Mr. Guerrero was not sworn in allowed for us to correct the error and open up the application. It is not that Mr. Guerrero, his application is there, but now, the former minister and whoever he thinks will be the best candidate and anybody else in Belize Rural South that is a member of the United Democratic Party can now apply and we may have a convention.”