P.U.P., Leader Francis Fonseca was absent his seat for the back and forth between Musa and the Prime Minister – which was both awkward and vicious. But he dismissed the allegations as being asked and answered many times before. Fonseca insists that it is being handled internally, and that’s just the way it’s going to […]
Even without the heat generated by that fiery recording, Fonseca is at a most difficult time in his political leadership. In some quarters there is criticism that he has been unable to unite the party and has been unable to restructure the once mighty organization into even a shadow of its former self. But there’s […]
Relations between former Party Leader, John Briceño, and current P.U.P. Deputy Leader, Julius Espat, remain tense following the release of the clandestine recording on Tuesday. Briceño levied serious allegations against his former advisor Espat and Espat is not taking it lightly. The bad blood has made its way to the social media, where it is […]
Turning to political news….Following an executive meeting and four hour political post-mortem examination on Wednesday, the P.U.P. appeared focused on the road ahead which will lead inevitably to very difficult general elections. Flanked by his generals, P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca sent out a message to, in his own words, the demoralized supporters of the Party. […]
As we also mentioned on Wednesday, during the meeting at Independence Hall Espat demanded a public apology from Briceño and called for his head. Neither the apology nor the requested ouster came to pass, because Espat was only supported by one executive member. Tonight, we bring back that comment which has so incensed P.U.P. Deputy […]
The National Executive of the People’s United Party, along with municipal representatives, met at Independence Hall today in extended session. It’s the first meeting following a devastating, near absolute loss in municipal elections, so that of course was a major item on the agenda. But there’s the matter of a recorded conversation which made for […]
The hour-long recording was leaked on Tuesday, but last Friday, the Prime Minister said that he was going to make it available. In it, Briceño claims that tens of millions of dollars were misappropriated during the previous P.U.P. administration by persons he referred to as the cancer in the party. He also claimed that government […]
So with the recording under wraps for now and with the P.U.P. determined to handle it internally, the party has another ten thousand pound gorilla in the room. In municipal elections last week, the P.U.P. took a beating at the polls, managing to hold on to only five of sixty-seven seats and losing significant ground. […]
Only one politician issued a public declaration of his support for Francis Fonseca today. Even before the leaked recording, Briceño has been seen by many as the man to replace an embattled Fonseca, retaking the reins he dropped in late 2011. In fact, in the recording, Briceño reveals that he was forced to step down […]
There was no announcement of any shakeup of the party. And in closing the very brief press session today, Fonseca reached out to the party’s supporters who he says must be feeling demoralized at this point. He assured them that the party is aware of its internal shortfalls and is working to address them because […]
Tonight, Orange Walk Central Area Representative John Briceño is in the spotlight following the leak of a private conversation recorded without his knowledge. According to a release issued by Briceño this evening, the conversation took place weeks ago between himself and two members of the Orange Walk East executive committee identified as Julian Chell Junior […]
Briceño then goes on to criticize P.U.P. leader Francis Fonseca for pushing him to one side after he stepped down, and passes judgment on Fonseca’s time at the helm of the P.U.P. ship which is listing badly. Voice of: John Briceño, Orange Walk Central Area Rep. “Party Leader I want to help; I’m independent…I […]
The new U.D.P. City Council was sworn in today fresh off a landslide victory at the polls last Wednesday. Mayor Darrell Bradley was returned as mayor by a huge margin and so were the ten councilors, who except for one had served before. The swearing in of the new council took place at City Hall […]
The Elections and Boundaries Commission has finally posted the results of Wednesday’s municipal elections. The official tally of certain candidates appearing on their website is, however, different from those officially announced on Wednesday night. We have not had time to comb through the figures but we have spotted a major difference in the final results […]
Tonight we look at the margins of victory in Wednesday’s municipal elections and we can say that the results show that the U.D.P. has gained significant ground with historic margins over the Opposition, P.U.P. We start in Belize City, where the results show that the U.D.P. strengthened its support and had one of the largest […]
The People’s United Party suffered a most humiliating defeat in Wednesday’s municipal elections with the United Democratic Party capturing all municipalities, except the Orange Walk Town Council. Support for the P.U.P. eroded significantly and of the three town councils, it only retained one. Soon after counting began, it became clear that a red wave was […]
The only bright spot for the P.U.P. was in Orange Walk Town where Kevin Bernard has been returned as Mayor for another three years. This Saturday, a victory rally is being planned to celebrate the win. The council is a split one and the results were the last to come in after two this morning. […]
Fonseca says that the Party will now be calling in councillor candidates and Standard Bearers in the municipalities to carry out an analysis of the devastating loss with a view to moving forward. The P.U.P. blames its performance on Wednesday primarily on the political pilfering of Petrocaribe money, and also on the use of government […]
The People’s United Party, previous to Wednesday, controlled the two town councils in the south: Punta Gorda and Dangriga. While early in the night, the U.D.P. claimed victory in Punta Gorda by a significant margin, the results from Dangriga would be officially known later in the night. News Five’s Isani Cayetano was on the ground […]
In the nation’s capital where the elections were fought hard for months leading into Wednesday, the U.D.P. won by an impressive margin. Newcomer, Khalid Belisle and his team would dominate keeping the town council under the red banner. Even as there was a commanding margin, the results are the most interesting because five candidates would […]
Official information was hard to come by as counting took place in the northernmost district. Still yet as tallying progressed, the incumbent U.D.P. slate maintained a steady but widening lead over the opposition. Before midnight, the results were announced by the Returning officer. Duane Moody was in Corozal and has the following report. Mario […]
The twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena went red on Wednesday, like every single municipality with the exception of Orange Walk. It was an uneventful day in terms of the usual election histrionics. The municipality, with twelve thousand six hundred and seventy six registered voters, was split into three polling areas representing three […]
As you know, the U.D.P. now controls eight municipalities and the P.U.P. retained only one. Earlier today, we looked at the previous single municipal election held in 2009 to compare results. In crunching the numbers, we found that the results of Wednesday’s election bear striking similarity to 2009; a year after the U.D.P. had won […]
And one final thing on the elections…. Last week, former U.D.P. Minister Elvin Penner was stoned with eggs by an angry crowd of P.U.P. supporters as he exited the Supreme Court in Belize City. He had to depart the scene in a hurry with some help from the police. On that day in Belize City, […]
Voters across the country, in all nine municipalities, will take to the polls in their respective cities and towns on Wednesday, to cast ballots for their party or candidates of choice. While a number of the sixty-seven available seats for local government will be hotly contested in some places, it is predicted that both major […]
