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Micah Blazes His Party On FB (Again)!
posted (September 3, 2015)
Former PUP Candidate for Collet Micah Goodin is in the news again tonight for blazing up his party on Facebook. The last time he was criticizing his successor in the Collett division, but this time it's more serious. That's because Goodin was the former host of a show on the PUP's Vibes Radio. We say former because he quit spontaneously last night. Why? Well, he had booked the PUP's Standard Bearer for Orange Walk East Josue Carballo to be his guest last night - but Carballo is a part of the 11 PUP rebels. And so, word came down that even though he is a PUP Candidate, Carballo could not be on a Vibes Radio show. So, the PUP higher up's cancelled the show - and Goodin then went to Facebook to say, quote, "as of this point I will no longer be the host. Also I offer my immediate resignation from the executive of the Belize Youth Movement."

In a later post, he added, "they cancelled the show…based on a...frivolous...rumour that I met with the G11 last week in Orange Walk and planned to overthrow Francis Fonseca." He continues, quote, "I cannot be a part of a leadership that is insecure and petty...that thrives on hearsay and gossip…A leadership that is paranoid and threatened by its own shadow...A leadership that is dictatorial and wants to make me nothing but a little black puppet. I will never be anyone's puppet." He concludes, quote, "Until this leadership sorts out its self esteem issues I will be looking on."

That's a major diss, and the PUP's mayor from Orange Walk, Kevin Bernard - himself a former president of the BYM - backed him up today with his own post, saying, "I am disturbed, angry and frustrated because I am told he was being pressured by our PUP leaders to lash out at the standard bearers who have taken the decision to fight for change in our Party." He continues, quote, "When will we learn? After we lose elections AGAIN?" He asks, "Even in Opposition, are we showing signs of becoming as arrogant and dictatorial as the UDP? Have we lost our minds, just as we've lost our way?"

Bernard took down the post later in the day.

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