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For The PUP It’s No Party On Facebook
posted (January 11, 2016)
And that kind of plainspoken putdown would be considered mild in the PUP Facebook circles. A very bitter, very ugly war of words is being waged in the social media sphere where insults are bring hurled left and right in the run-up to the convention. On Saturday we heard calls for restraint:...

Micah Goodin, Delegate, supporting Cordel Hyde
"It's just people becoming overly passionate about the candidate that they are supporting."

Reporter
"But how do you comment on people calling John Briceno names and telling Cordel Hyde to go find the different mothers of his children and unite them before he come and unite the party. How do you comment to that?"

Micah Goodin, Delegate, supporting Cordel Hyde
"That is uncalled for and I think that we should give no attention to that. I believe that that woman who wrote that, I think she needs psychological evaluation. Because come on man, if you want to criticize our leaders, criticize them based on their political successes - their political failures and the challenges that they might have. Anything other than that is pure mischief and I do not support it. I do not condone it and those persons should be reprimanded."

Hon. Julius Espat, Deputy for West
"All we can do is indicate to everybody that this is a family and yes, we are going for a leadership convention and people have different views, but I think we should hold it down a little bit. But it's difficult. Politics in Belize is quite feisty. I have taken my amounts in the short period I've been in it. But if we can hold it down as a People's United Party supporter, I think it would be best for us."

Patrick Jason Andrews, Belmopan - supporting Francis
"It's sad that we have that and I tried to discourage that, because at the end of the day while I might prefer Francis to win, if he doesn't win, as PUPs we have to be prepared to support whoever wins and so yes, I would ask that we cease and desist from the personal attacks."

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