And while Castro apologized in his adjournment remarks, John Briceno used his address on the adjournment to blast the government for what he characterizes as election fraud.
The Leader of the Opposition says that he last night received a list of two thousand new citizens who were naturalized just in time for the 2012 election:...
Hon. John Briceno, PUP Leader
"I was given 64 pages of names of people who got their nationality between October 2011 to February 2012. Over 2,000 nationalities were issued just before the election. Here we have the names Mr. Speaker and I can give you a copy so you all can see. Over 2,000 just before the election."
"When we did an analysis 822 Guatemalans got their nationalities; 366 from El Salvador; 330 from Honduras; 62 Chinese and then we have from all over the place. We have from Bangladesh, Spain, Ukraine, Ghana, Pakistan, Vietnam, Brazil, Romania - from all over the place these people got their nationalities. There was no proper vetting and no proper process was followed. In 2012, in that last election the UDP got 62,641 votes. The PUP got 61,829 votes - a difference of 812 votes. When you look at Cayo Northeast the UDP won by 17 votes. Yet 2,000 nationalities were issued in about 4 months. Cayo Central won by 44 votes. Pickstock won by 82 votes. Corozal Bay by 148 votes. Belmopan by 218 votes. If they never push these 2000 votes, they wouldn't have been over there. They would have been sitting right over here in the opposition. That is the point I am making Mr. Speaker. We have the evidence."
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