Shyne’s U.D.P. Meets to Confirm Candidates for General Elections

Shyne Barrow has been busy holding a series of meetings to confirm the candidacy of several standard bearers for the upcoming general elections. Earlier today, he met with U.D.P. candidates from the Eastern Region, including Dean Samuels, David Almendarez, and Jose Uk Espat.

 

Shyne Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“We had a regional meeting of the southern standard bearers in Dangriga Town, the standard bearers from Stann Creek West; Macario Coy, Toledo East; Dennis Williams, Toledo West; Alfonso Sanchez, and the southern regional leader from Dangriga, Norman Usher. A productive meeting, really just taking the time to bond with my colleagues as we begin the New Year and prepare for the general elections and charting the way forward as far as ensuring that they are focused and they are doing everything in their power to be ready for when the prime minister dissolves parliament and calls the elections.  And we did the same for the western region standard bearers from Belmopan, Cayo North, Cayo Northeast, Cayo South, Cayo West and Cayo Central.  So today we had the eastern region meeting with all of the standard bearers from the thirteen constituencies and we will have the northern meeting probably later on this week.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“My understanding is that the Alliance for Democracy faction will move to seek legal redress in terms of the duly-elected standard bearers and the duly-endorsed standard bearers who would have been running under the United Democratic Party’s slate that was more favorable to them.  How do you respond to that, to the notion that they are arguing that you don’t have the authority to be able to make those decisions in the interim?”

 

Shyne Barrow

“I thought you spoke to Professor Malcolm about that matter.  His answer was not satisfactory?”

 

Isani Cayetano

“I spoke with Tracy Taegar-Panton a few minutes ago and that was her position that this will be challenged in court as well.”

 

Shyne Barrow

“Yeah, well you know, Professor Malcolm is a deputy dean at the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, taught many of the lawyers here in Belize.  So I don’t believe he would risk his reputation to tell you something that was not so.”