Election Date is Finally Set! March 12th the Day

The date for the 2025 general election is set! This morning, Prime Minister John Briceno made the much-anticipated announcement live from Belmopan. Surrounded by his cabinet and PUP candidates from across the country, PM Briceno declared that Belizeans will head to the polls on March twelfth to elect a new government.  The thirty-day notice came after a meeting with the Governor General just after nine a.m. During the visit, Dame Froyla Tzalam was advised to dissolve the National Assembly, including both the House of Representatives and the Senate.  Statutory Instrument Number 24 of 2025, which sets the date for the general election of members of the House of Representatives, has officially come into effect.  Prime Minister Briceno announced the election date after giving a brief overview of his administration’s performance over the past four years.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“With this sterling report card in hand, and after careful reflection and prayer, I have decided that now is the appropriate time to seek from you a renewal of our electoral mandate.  Earlier, I advised the Governor General to dissolve the National Assembly today and to appoint Wednesday, March twelfth, 2025 as the date for general elections.  Nomination Day for candidates in all thirty-one constituencies is to be February twenty-fourth, 2025.  I encourage all Belizeans to vote.  Election Day is your chance, a chance to be cherished where in free and fair free elections, you choose the person and the party that can best represent your interests.”