UDP GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF VOTE BUYING.

UDP GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF VOTE BUYING ON BELIZE CULTURE LISTSERVE


ALLEGATIONS OF CRIMINAL VOTE BUYING IN COMING ELECTION, IN CORRUPT BELIZE CAMPAIGN POLITICS.

"During the day many things were discussed but the biggest eyeopener was the amount of money that was being given away at the UDP Caribbean Shores Convention last Sunday. The worker said that he had 78 cents in his pocket last Sunday and decided to see if he could hustle something at the convention. He said that he did not expect hustling to be so easy. He identified the paymaster for Santi who was sitting in a vehicle (with security guards) and asked for the going rate for a vote and was told $50. According to him he brought 12 family members to the paymaster who dished out $50 each and they in turn gave him $20 each. After running out of family members he decided to try to collect for his own vote ( he lives in Caribbean Shores but because of his family's loyalty to Castro the whole family transferred to Belize Rural North using a fictitious address). He described how he approached a voter coming out of the voting area and asked for the tissue that he was using to wipe the ink off his finger. He used this to color his own finger then went to the paymaster to collect. When he resented his red finger the paymaster gave him $100 as a bonus. His take for the day was a cool $340 plus free booze. Previews of coming attractions?" ( writers name withheld in case of persecution )

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Listserve debate on how both major political parties have made Belize a CORRUPT VOTING FRAUD AND VOTE BUYING TYPE COUNTRY.
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Are you saying the PUP don't buy votes and are as different as night and day in this regard as well?

I recall when the funds from Venezuela were being doled out just before elections. $20 million gone. Both the UDP and PUP have done their share to corrupt the democratic process in Belize and to create a society where everyone is looking for a handout from politicians and government. SAD!

MEL
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