BPM Says, “This administration has held two illegal elections”

Attorney Sharon Pitts is representing the seven claimants in the Belize Peace Movement case. We also heard from Rudy Wade, another claimant. They both emphasized the urgency of their claim and the pressing need to establish a court date.

 

Sharon Pitts, Attorney-At-Law

“To put it in a nutshell and you don’t even have to crack the nut, it is not a hard one. The schedule to ROPA where the constituencies or political division for the purpose of the polls are inconsistent and in flagrant violation of the constitution, ROPA is null, and the representation of the People’s Act is null and void. That is our view. What we seek, I represent these gentlemen who have gone compatriots, before the court of Belize, to seek with clarity, that answer.”

 

Paul Morgan, Claimant

“Mr. Johhny Briceno would be the first prime minister in Belize to ask for an election when in fact an issue for Schedule is before the court.”

 

Rudy Wade, Claimant

“As a Belizean, a voter, a tax payer and one who had contested election and is going to contest an election, it affects me dearly. Hence the reason why I am so passionate to see that redistricting is being done. So far, it is only me, this administration has held two illegal election and if he holds another, it is going to be illegal. He hold the power to call an election. All we are asking for is to make it equal.”