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Police Turned Politician
posted (December 16, 2013)
As we reported two weeks ago, the second in command in the police department Deputy Commissioner Elodio Aragon Jr. is leaving his senior post to go and follow in his politician father's footsteps.

Aragon has resigned and is now fully engaged as a candidate for the UDP's Orange Walk East convention. He launched his candidacy on Sunday - and while this kind of preliminary stuff doesn't usually make the news, in his case it is news because his former boss is now his endorser. Here's what John Saldivar had to say at yesterday's launch.

Hon. John Saldivar, Minister of National Security
"The Police Department is losing a true leader. East is gaining a true leader in the person of Elodio Aragon Jr. He was just one step away from becoming the commissioner of police and he has walked away from that to serve the people of the east."

Elodio Aragon Jr.
"I realized that although I can sit back comfortably and safely in my promising career as one of Belize's top cops I knew that I could not be happy because I cannot just stand by and be content with just passing by in life looking after only myself and family. I cannot and I will not sit back and watch the many ills and needs of a people calling for help and assistance of the east and do nothing. That is what has today led me to resign from my promising career so that I can fully commit to serving you the people of the east."

Aragon does face a challenge in the convention. His father, Elodio Sr. was a three time UDP representative in Orange Walk East.

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