Arthur Saldivar Says There’s Much To be Desired of Francis Fonseca’s Leadership

Arthur Saldivar

Following the decision of the P.U.P. to remove him, Arthur Saldivar spoke briefly to the media at the Radisson Fort George. He says that it’s not about the P.U.P., but about the people of Belize Rural North, and he will still be, in his mind at least, their leader. He also took the opportunity to attack P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca, saying that his leadership leaves much to be desired.

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“In most democracies now, where there is a two-party system setup, people have become more and more disillusion; very disillusion to the two-party system. Right now they are saying that there is not much difference between the P.U.P. and the U.D.P. And I think today is a stamp of approval for that assessment beucase the U.D.P. in its tyrannic unconstitutional way of doing things, the way the Prime Minister expropriates private properties and everything else. That has been given sanction now by the party leader in the People’s United Party. He has gone outside the constitution and done something on his own, very arbitrarily, that has wide reaching ramifications, nationwide. And so we cannot make a distinction  at this point between the P.U.P. leadership and U.D.P. leadership and that has to be changed.”

Reporter

“So does the leader Francis Fonseca has to go?”

Arthur Saldivar

“That is not for me to say. As you say, I am not a part of the flock anymore, but I will say that his leadership leaves much to be desired.”

So the P.U.P. will be seeking a new standard bearer for Belize Rural North.