Yesterday may have been budget day in Belmopan, but the most anticipated "reveal" was not the Prime Minister's dollars and cents, it was how the PUP deck
would be shuffled. We're talking about the seating arrangements on the opposition bench which were re-arranged after the election of a new leader and
executive.
As we told you last week, the big stunner was that four-term Lake Independence Representative Cordel Hyde who holds no executive post was brought up to
the number two spot, shoulder to shoulder with the party leader. We asked Briceno about it, and here's how he explained the upgrade:
Hon. John Briceno - PUP Party Leader
"What we are attempting to do is we are trying to bring our best talent to the front and we all know that Cordel Hyde is one of them, he has a lot of
talent and as you mention he's a 4 term representative. He along with Hon. Francis Fonseca and myself were in the front, the 3 of us ran to be the
leader of this party on March 31st and as such I think that we need to give him that respect. We expect a lot from him and that is why we put him to
the front."
Other notable changes include popular second term representative Oscar Requena from Toledo West and three-term Corozal Southeast Representative
Florencio Marin Jr – who both now find their place on the opposition backbench. They take the places of Jose Mai from Orange Walk South and Kareem Musa
who are now deputy leaders, and now find their place on the front bench.
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