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PUP Settles Delegate Dispute In Belmopan
posted (January 11, 2016)
And while the facebook wars was not on the agenda for Saturday's meeting - an issue in Belmopan was. Members of the Belmopan constituency executive complain that the divisional chairman purged them from the list by because they support John Briceno while the Chairman and the standard bearer support Francis Fonseca. We asked Standard bearer Jason Patrick Andrews about it on Saturday:..

Patrick Jason Andrews, Belmopan - supporting Francis
"We met as an executive and to the best our knowledge we can't pick and make everybody happy. As I said, there is only 111 that we could have picked out of the 2800 people that voted for us in the last election. This is politics and there's three individuals running and everybody would want to dictate who goes on the list, but this is done by constituency and I am happy that I think we did as best as we could to try and facilitate people from all different aspects or points of view. People who might support Francis, people who support Johnny or Cordel; and I can guarantee there are people on our list that will vote for all three candidates on the thirty-first."

Reporter
"Sir, the way you are handling this entire process in Belmopan…you are not telling these 111 people well you know what, vote for Francis because that is the person, you're not....."

Patrick Jason Andrews, Belmopan - supporting Francis
"No, no, no. I am supporting Francis Fonseca and I have said it publicly and I am saying it to the media. And so I can't tell people how to vote, but I can encourage and ask them because I believe in honorable Francis Fonseca. I believe he is right to continue leading this party."

Reporter
"We have issues coming out of Belmopan for example with two separate delegate list with certain supporters if Francis taking off supporters for Hyde and Briceno off the list, trying to basically maneuver the delegate list. How confident are you knowing that the Secretary General for the PUP is a supporter of Francis Fonseca and she makes no secret about that?"

Micah Goodin, Delegate, supporting Cordel Hyde
"I have no confidence in the process. I don't believe that it is a fair process and there are games being played. We know that. We know that there are games being played in high places, but at the end of the day as long as Cordel Hyde is able to meet those delegates, he will convince them, he will convert them. So no matter what games they play - we got this."

The party chairman informs us that the issue of the Belmopan delegates was raised at Saturday's meeting and two changes were made. After that he signed off on the list of 11 Belmopan delegates.

The convention has also been confirmed for Belmopan on January 31st - and the party is seeking permission to have at the Belmopan Comprehensive High.

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