Tracy Panton Accuses Kaya Cattouse of Body Shaming

The People’s United Party (PUP) held a campaign event in Independence Village on Saturday that became the backdrop for a sharp exchange between two political rivals. Kaya Cattouse, the PUP candidate for the Albert constituency, wasted no time in launching a direct critique against her opponent, the sitting Albert Area Representative, Tracy Panton of the United Democratic Party (UDP).

In her address, Cattouse confidently stated, “Because the PUP will win across the north, the south, the west, and in Belize District. We will win Albert, and unu know why? Because Tracy time come and Tracy time done.”

Her follow-up comment raised eyebrows when she said, “Because mek we be real, she can’t keep up with me—nuh pan the bike, worse on the campaign trail—and nuh mek we talk bout we ina the mirror.”

In response, Panton took to social media, denouncing Cattouse’s comments as “body shaming” and calling them in “poor, poor taste.” She said, “I have intentionally stayed away from negative campaigning because I believe voters are more interested in what I am bringing to the table…Ms Kaya Cattouse attempts to ‘body shame’ me in Independence yesterday was not well received.”

Panton added, “Not even to the PUP voters she was trying to appeal to. It was in poor, poor taste, and the feedback to me was quick and furious. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Enough said!”