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He told us today that he is still observing both Patrick Faber and John Saldivar to make up his mind:

Reporter
"From your two colleagues who have expressed interest in leadership of the UDP, are you prepared to reveal who you would want to support?"

Hon. Pablo Marin - Area Rep., Corozal Bay
"No, I'm still looking at both. I do believe both of them have the capacity to be the Prime Minister, or the leader of the Party, but I will remain still waiting."

Reporter
"Reserved."

Hon. Pablo Marin
"Yes, I always do that."

Why Bay Voters Said No to ICJ

But what Marin has to watch even more closely than those leadership candidates is his own seat. In the ICJ referendum, the majority of voters there said no to the ICJ.

We asked Marin if that outcome means that he's losing ground politically in Corozal Bay. Here's how he answered that one:

Hon. Pablo Marin - Area Rep., Corozal Bay
"I went various times to the media, and I explained to the people of Corozal, and I said, this is my take. I do believe that we supposed to go to the ICJ to finish all this claim from Guatemala. But, at the end of the day, it's the individual. If you were there in Corozal, I didn't have any tent. I didn't have any banners out there. I didn't have any people taking out people, because I did believe that it was the people that was supposed to decide that. Now, when election time comes, that is totally a different ball game."

Reporter
"So, you don't interpret that particular way that the referendum went as some sort of indication of you losing support or influence on the voters."

Hon. Pablo Marin
"No, not at all because I can say to people, and I think the people of Corozal can tell you all. I am the only minister, or if you compare from the Mayor, that what I have done for Corozal, you can see it."

Gordon's Fate At Court

52 year-old Luis Gordon, who is currently serving a 5-year prison sentence for grievous harm, pleaded guilty to use of deadly means of harm today before Justice Colin Williams. He was charged with attempted murder against Roberto Gilharry, but of facing a full trial for that, he chose to plead guilty to the lesser charge.

Gilharry, who is Gordon's brother-in-law, reported to police that they had a misunderstanding back on September 6, 2013 at a home on Amara Avenue. Gilharry told police that this disagreement escalated when Gordon struck him on the head with a shovel and a piece of stick, and then chopped him on his shoulder with a machete.

Before deciding on the sentence, Justice Williams heard a plea for mitigation from Gordon's attorney, Leslie Hamilton. Hamilton said that Gordon has expressed his remorse about the incident, and he has promised that it will never happen again. Hamilton also said that while Gordon was in prison he has been exposed to different rehabilitation programs.

Discussing the case, Justice Williams said that the maximum sentence for use of deadly means of harm is 10 years, but that a sentence of 7 years or 84 months, was a good starting point. He subtracted 28 months because Gordon pleaded guilty,

That left the remainder of 56 months or 4 and a half years. Justice Williams said that given the fact that the charges all arose out of the same set of circumstances, it was his view that the sentence should be identical to the sentence of 5 years that was given to Gordon at the magistrate's court, that it should commence from August 25, 2014, and that it should run concurrently to the sentence he is currently serving. By calculating that balance of time left for Gordon to serve, it amounts to 2 months and about 3 weeks on top of the sentence he is already serving.

The prosecution was represented in this case by Senior Crown Counsel Shanice Lovell.