And while the PUP is insistent on re-registration, if we're judging by results, we'd be wise to listen to the position of the BNTU. After all, the union did accomplish a lot more in 2016 than the Opposition. The union is demanding that the UDP hold a re-registration exercise this year before the 2018 municipal elections. Today the BNTU President told us that in the past 20 years, both parties have been playing political football with re-registration and it has to stop:..
Luke Palacio, President - BNTU
"We know that both major political parties have played political football with this matter as far as we are concern. The matter becomes even more concerning now with the revelations coming out if the senate special inquiry into this immigration report from the auditor general and if our electoral list have been padded for whatever reasons, if those persons were illegally issued their nationality and allowed to vote, then it really compromises our democracy."
"Basically our membership through our council of management are very much concern about this matter and we trust that the government will look at it and even the opposition and the other political parties must look at with the objective of clearing up that voters list so that our democracy can be a true reflection of what the Belizean people desire."
"In terms of the details of any action or plan of action, we have not developed that and that will be develop in concert with our membership. But we believe that this is bigger than BNTU. This is a matter for all Belizean to take an interest."
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