So we've showed you how nomination looked for the PUP Town Council Slate, who are the incumbents.
The person who wants Mayor Kevin Bernard's job is the UDP Mayoral Candidate Yvette Torres. This afternoon, she and her team of 6 went in for their
nomination, and 7News was there. Daniel Ortiz reports:
Orange Walk UDP 7 focused its attention on the Parade through the streets, keeping the energy visible.
They were there to show residents and the incumbent Council that the support they have is enough to truly challenge the PUP incumbent council:
Yvette Torres - UDP Mayoral Candidate, Orange Walk Town
I'm Yvette Torres as the mayoral candidate and I have our 6 councillor candidates who is Shartel Cassimiro, Luigi Gomez, Roberto Hoare, Pearla Pases De
Leon, Aldo Vasquez and Heira Vega. What Orange Walk can expect is that under my leadership, progress and development will definitely be one of the top
priorities that we as a team are committed to ensure that it happens in our community."
Daniel Ortiz
"Whats your impression of the works of incumbent mayor Bernard? What is the feel you've gotten from the voters walking around and engaging with them?"
Yvette Torres
"The people of Orange Walk are dissatisfied of the situation of where by we're living in Orange Walk and this is what the voters have been telling us
and we live here in Orange Walk and we suffer all of that - that is affecting us in Orange Walk."
Daniel Ortiz
"The perception is, we don't know how accurate it is that he is strong here in Orange Walk town. The mayor Bernard and his other 6 councillors, is that
an accurate perception, is that something that concerns you, is that something you focus on as a politician going up against him?"
Yvette Torres
"Definitely not. I am positive and I am confident that on March 4th, UDP 7 will be victorious because we are all about the people of Orange Walk town."
There were approximately 350 supporters who took to the streets of Orange Walk with the UDP, a number very close to what Mayor Bernard managed to bring
out.
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