Last night we told you about the meeting that the PUP held yesterday with Assad Shoman to discuss the Sarstoon peace-keeping Proposals. It was a meeting for the party's national executive members, its parliamentarians, and standard bearers to hear from Assad Shoman - who is the party appointed representative in the Belize- Guatemala talks. But, 7News has learned that some big names were absent: namely Deputy Leader Julius Espat, Cayo North Standard Bearer Misho Chebat, Belmopan Standard Bearer Jason Patrick Andrews, Corozal Southeast Representative Florencio Marin Jr, Orange Walk North Standard Bearer Ramon Monchie Cervantez, Toledo West Representative Oscar Requena, and Freetown Representative Francis Fonseca.
Now, Deputy Party Leader Julius Espat also missed the last major executive meeting, and when it was done he was critical of his party leader's purge of the executive. Well this time, there was no such thing. He told us he was simply otherwise engaged; busy in his area meeting with various village council leaders. Fair enough, but we know from our background sources that Espat is firmly against the pro-ICJ stance that has been adopted by his party since Briceno took over.
Our sources say that all this is indicative of a fracture in the party since Briceno took back the leadership. We know that there is still rumbling and grumbling in Orange Walk north, and this evening, the Orange Walk Committee sent out a release to say that they did not meet with John Briceno over last weekend, as had been reported in the media.
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