Third Party Leader Speaks Against Voters Bribery

Roody Wade, the Leader of the Belize Justice Movement, a third party in the March twelfth general election, spoke up at today’s EBC meeting. He expressed his frustration over alleged bribery and election day campaigning. Wade claims he has provided evidence, but nothing has been done. He is urging all candidates to ensure a fair election, free from these violations.

 

Roody Wade, Leader, Belize Justice Movement

“You talk about free and fair, three hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, buying the votes right there. All these things got to stop. And that man right there, Mr. August, he is part and parcel of that. I have seen him. My discontent is that there are laws already in black and white and these people keep directing these same laws for twenty-five, thirty years. I personally have been a candidate on several occasions and I know the ills and I see it and keep speaking about it. I have produced evidence of all the illegal things that happen. Why is it not being fixed. Here I go into an election with a clean heart, try to do the right thing, then when I go I see all this corruption in terms of buying votes, in terms of the hundred yards. It is plain to be seen. You go to any one of these poling stations and they are right up at the gate. Who is there to police them?”

 

Paul Lopez

“How much of a challenge is it to get evidence?”

 

Roody Wade

“I produce evidence, there is a way to go about that, because there is a way about going doing that.”