UDP desperation escalates!

Belize City, January 31 2012

The UDPs have been caught red-handed doing all they can to steal the March 7th general and municipal elections.

They used $1.24m of taxpayers’ money to buy out last minute votes with Christmas ham. They have been giving away Belizean citizenship to 5,000 immigrants, even to Guatemalans, in exchange for votes.

A UDP Town Council candidate Severo Guerrero was busted meddling with the voters list in the San Pedro Elections and Boundaries office. When asked what he was doing there, officials said he was fixing the computer. But the joke is he’s a dentist on the island, and his knowledge of computer repair must have been equivalent to the UDP’s commitment to honesty. Nil! Of course, Guerrero escaped untouched and with the blessings of his Party Leader and Prime Minister, while the Supervisor of the Elections and Boundaries office was suspended.

In Dangriga, the Elections and Boundaries office was broken into and the burglar tried to steal the laptop containing vital elections information. The person was detained but his name was never released, and word in town is that he is a well-known UDP.

While all of this has been happening, political hackeys have been making their way to Belmopan and camping inside Government offices in the dark of night to register voters. These cronies, some of them drivers of Ministers and blind supporters of the UDP, were caught exiting Elections and Boundaries in Belmopan at around 11pm with bundles and bundles of voter registration documents in hand.

Meanwhile, UDP political candidates too lazy to make it to Belmopan to process the registration have decided to run clandestine operations from their homes and political offices such as Herman Longsworth in Belize City, Denny “the Pastor” Grijalva in Orange Walk Town and Michael Hucthinson in Ladyville.

In the UDP’s latest act of desperation, they have resorted to defacing and attacking PUP signs and billboards. Obviously, the UDP are threatened by the PUP strong campaign messages that have been on the issues.

One of the billboards damaged by UDP thugs depicts PUP Belize City Mayoral Candidate Karen Bodden, which was erected at the corner of North Front and Douglas Jones Streets. The sign which boldly declares the PUP Belize City Council team’s commitment to “Solutions and Not Promises” was splashed with red paint. While the sign has been defaced, it does nothing to the PUP’s steadfastness and commitment to working for victory in Belize City.

Similarly, a PUP billboard erected on Coney Drive was also targeted by UDP thugs. This time is was an act of arson as they lit the sign on fire, in an attempt to destroy it. The UDP did not achieve their evil objective however, and the sign continues to display the message that 2012 is the year of change and the PUP will deliver for Belize.

While those acts of serious UDP vandalism were done in the middle of the night, another incident callously occurred in the plain light of day. In this one, UDP Area Representative for Cayo South Ramon Witz was caught on video slashing down a PUP sign erected on a private land in Cotton Tree Village. Witz did not have the landowner’s permission to conduct such act, but he did nonetheless with a menacing machete in hand. The video has aired on national news and has caused great embarrassment for Witz. To no one’s surprise, PM Barrow has condoned the behaviour.

Desperation in the UDP is at an all time high. They know they are seeing the end of their days in office, and they will do anything to grab power. Belizeans ought not to be intimidated by any of these tactics. As long as your vote remains sacred, and even that is under threat from the UDP, you can speak through the elections. Do not stay home. Get these rabid, vindictive, facey, callous and disrespectful UDPs out of office, and let’s restore dignity to our beloved nation.

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