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Third Party - Ready For Municipals?
posted (August 3, 2017)
While we were on the topic of re-registration, we asked Maheia, who is also the Deputy Leader of the Belize Progressive Party, about the party's plans for the municipal elections, and whether they have any candidates ready to challenge to PUP and UDP...

Reporter
"The municipal elections, your other hat. Will the BPP be putting up any slates in any of the municipalities?"

Wil Maheia, Leader - Belize Territorial Volunteers
"Yes, I am wearing my BPP hat right now, I use this opportunity to appeal to Belizeans countrywide if you want to see a serious change in this country, this is your time to get on board with the BPP and offer yourself to be a candidate, because if we get qualified candidates we will run in the municipal elections. But again, more important for us is the fact that there is a clean voters list."

Reporter
"How many confirmed candidates you have so far?"

Wil Maheia, Leader - Belize Territorial Volunteers
"So far, if we need to have conventions and that kind of stuff, we have not confirm anything, at least from my spot down in Toledo we know that we will be contesting. Time is going, but we still have some time and still have some time for the viewers out there to get on board with the BPP. We could put up candidates right now, but it's not just about putting up candidates. If you look at some of the candidates that these political parties have already put up, I mean come on. We are going back to the same old thing. The BPP is not about that. We want to make sure that when we bring change we bring changes that makes sense and for the betterment of all of Belize."

Reporter
"And then money wise the attorneys who are here, even putting up slates requires money. Will they be offering pro-bono services or paid services?"

Wil Maheia, Leader - Belize Territorial Volunteers
"Well we are always asking for pro-bono services. And again we appeal to the Belizean people to make donation to the BPP."

The BPP is still looking for potential candidates, and encourages those interested to submit their names.

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