A Third Party With 7 Candidates Fights the PUDP

Roody Wade, from the Cayo District, is taking on both major parties. As the Leader of the Belize Justice Movement, he has introduced a slate of seven candidates. The BJM is one of the few third parties running in the March twelfth election. Historically, third parties haven’t received much support at the polls in Belize. On Wednesday, we asked Wade about this challenge.

 

Roody Wade, Leader, Belize Justice Movement

“It is so sad in this country how this two-party system has us, especially the youths. They don’t really know the history of these people. If you dig back to the history of these people you kind of want to think twice to go and vote for a PUP or a UDP. But if we watch how the two party system governs our country for decades, they don’t want people to be empowered. So, hopefully at some point the Belizean people will see a need for change. 2025, where are we at. We need change. The only thing that can happen in terms of change is the people. They are the only one that can make a change.”