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The media also asked Espat what he thinks about redistricting.  His large division of Cayo South is certainly going to get downsized, but he feels that the entire exercise is wrong-headed:…

Hon. Julius Espat- Area Rep, Cayo South 
“The fair way of doing it, let’s assume how many people should be in a constituency, I have presently going close to eight thousand. I think each area rep should handle more like ten thousand. With the proper resources you can do it, we dih do it with zero resources basically, so you can do it. So imagine you divide the country 150…how much we got? That’s more or less how much you have voting, you divide that by 10 thousand you a got 15 constituencies. Now, that would be more efficient but what deh wah do? They wah change it from 31 to 41, you a got 10 more Minista, 10 thieving minista more, with 10 vehicles more, with 10 staff more, with 10 miss use of money more. Is that what we want? In Cayo South it makes no difference. If they buss it up inna three ih a be three PUP seat, so to us it doesn’t matter.”

Espat’s Cayo South and John Saldivar’s Belmopan are two of the largest divisions in the country.