And while that face off played out today, last week there was a Cayo confrontation after a mundane traffic accident. It seems a vehicle connected to the Rene Montero UDP campaign caught in a fender bender. That's when pup operatives sprang into action and started taking pictures. The UDP crowd started to come up on them - and that's when one of the PUP supporters allegedly pulled a weapon. San Ignacio Police second in command Inspector Reymundo Reyes told us more:
Insp. Reymundo Reyes, Deputy OC, San Ignacio Police
"Information that we have is that the young man Silva, I believe was the one who was close to where the incident happened and he was taking photographs. When allegedly he was approached by 3 or 4 other individuals and it appears that he claiming that they were going to beat him up because of the snapping of the pictures and that is when it is allege that a firearm was pulled out by the said individual and then he left the area."
And so with so much political hostility ventilated before the election, how will the cops keep the peace on Election Day? That's what we asked:..
Insp. Reymundo Reyes, Deputy OC, San Ignacio Police
"We do have police officers on all our polling stations. We are having the support of persons from Belmopan who will come in and assist us in the event things get out of hand, but I have work here in this area. Yes, the tension is there. You would hear people calling each other names, but a physical confrontation amongst them has not happen so far. Because we try to quell the problem immediately as we see it on the grounds, rather than to allow it to escalate and then it gets out of control. We are fully ready for that day."
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