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Today, while the Prime Minister celebrated the 6 municipalities he did win - he conceded that losing Belize city bruised his party:…

Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister of Belize
"There's no getting away from it, we lost Belize City after controlling it these very, very, many, many, many long years and it is a blow but if we dwell too much on that blow then we cheapen the victory in those 6 municipalities, the handsome victory in those 6 municipalities and that we will not do. We had 6 out of 10 they were able in terms of the municipal elections yesterday to creep up and over turn our margin in Pickstock and to do the same in Port Loyola, that is cause for some concern. Regarding Port Loyola, well I shan't say too much, we're not yet certain of Minister Martinez plans for the future. He had already indicated that it is not his intention to stand again at the next general elections so if that position still holds and I imagine it does it is a matter of our moving quickly to fill the void in time for re-registration which starts in July."