Barrow endorses voter registration fraud

Barrow says giving false voter registration information is normal

Orange Walk, January 11, 2011

Prime Minister Dean Barrow publicly endorsed election fraud on Tuesday and in particular election fraud being carried out by the United Democratic Party.

Barrow was asked by News 5 about the incidents in Orange Walk where it was exposed that the UDP had registered persons, who recently obtained citizenship, at addresses that were false, and this is what he had to say: “Don’t expect me to stand here and to say to you that I get all moral and righteous about the fact that people might be using addresses that are not their true addresses. In the electoral process in this country that is as ancient as the hills”.

The statement uttered by the leader of Government displays his mendacity, and is evidence that he has totally lost it. Applying for voter registration is like applying for a birth certificate or for a Social Security Card or filling out a Customs Declaration Form. All information given must be true and fact. A voter registration document is a legal document, and any false information given can lead to serious repercussions.

But to hear Barrow encouraging electoral fraud shows how much he respects democracy and the laws that govern our country. It is not about getting moral and righteous Mr. Prime Minister. It is about doing the right thing, for the sake of decency.

No wonder we nation is in chaos and being held at ransom by wanton criminal acts. Lawlessness prevails day and night because the leader allows and accepts it.

Maybe it is the Prime Minister’s guilty conscience after practising almost three decades of strange election methods in Queen’s Square that couldn’t stop him, but it he is wrong if he thinks right-thinking Belizeans will accept his endorsement.

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