David Almendarez Declares Grassroots Mission for Change in Belize Rural Central

David Almendarez has expressed his commitment to creating opportunities for everyone to advance in life. He stated that if elected in Belize Rural Central and if the UDP, under the leadership of Moses “Shyne” Barrow, forms the next government, he will push for adherence to the UN Convention against Corruption. Almendarez, who launched his campaign a week ago, told News Five that while he does not identify as a UDP, he believes running under the party’s banner offers him the best chance of success.

Almendarez said, “When the majority of us are suffering, that is what brought me into the political arena. I saw the Alliance when they did their move. And when I watched it, I dropped on my knees and I prayed to my God. And I said, everything I see in the Alliance, the whole UDP at that point in time, I have never met Shyne. I don’t know Shyne. I don’t have Shyne’s phone number.”

Almendarez says he later got in contact with Barrow.

Almendarez continued, “I told Shyne, ‘I don’t know you, but I want to tell you something about me. If you’re serious about change, if you just want another little Hulu award, if you don’t need one little crumb on your thing to see you going back to the States like King Jaffe, come holler at me, because I want to join the fight. But if you’re just there for being a politician and being fake, if you don’t know how to clean the house, actually, I told Shyne, go win your court case.” 

Almendarez wants to be the candidate for the U.D.P. for Belize Rural Central.