Will PM Briceño Call General Elections Early?  

Tonight, Prime Minister John Briceño is celebrating victory in eight municipalities, following Wednesday’s municipal elections. He says that the results at the polls indicate that Belizeans continue to support Plan Belize. PM Briceño thanked voters for coming out to exercise their democratic right. So, will Prime Minister Briceño call the general elections early? Here is what he told us.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“Certainly I think I need to start by that I am humbled by the results. I was quite optimistic. I was out campaigning across the country and I was feeling, you have a sixth sense after a while, and I felt that we were going to win and that we were going to do well. What I didn’t not expect was to do so well. The margin increase is almost unprecedented, to hear that after four years in government that your approval ratings usually ninety nine out of a hundred you are starting to go down. IN this case we improved the approval ratings by the people because we won by an even bigger margin than what we did in 2020 and 2021, so I am humbled by that, but at the same time it comes at a great responsibility because it means that the people are going to expect even more work from us. And it is something we take seriously and we expect to continue to work very hard to be able to deliver to the Belizean people.”

 

Reporter

“With the success of municipals elections, will this prompt you to call early elections.”

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“No, we are not going to call elections. Elections is slated for 2025 and so no there is going to be no elections in 2024.”