BELMOPAN, Belize, Mar 13, CMC – Prime Minister John Briceño led his ruling People’s United Party (PUP) to a resounding victory in Wednesday’s general election that also saw the demise of Opposition Leader, Moses “Shyne” Barrow, whose main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) had contested the polls as a divided group.
“Belize for all, long live Belize,” said Prime Minister Briceño, who had called the elections nine months ahead of the constitutional deadline.
Preliminary results show that the PUP had won 26 of the 31 seats in the election, the same as it had done when it won the election in 2020, with the remaining five seats split within the UDP and its faction, the Alliance for Democracy.
Prime Minister Briceno, who comfortably won the Orange Walk Central seat for an eighth term, said the results were a resounding affirmation of Belize’s struggle for independence and its constitutional freedoms.
He had earlier told reporters that he was elated by is own victory.
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