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How Faber Will Make Up His Margin of Defeat?
posted (July 10, 2020)
And that question, of how he plans to make up the margin is the first thing we asked Faber about this evening when he agreed to an interview with the press at his Belize City office.

We discussed his remarks in late February that the convention wasn't all that fair. That was a reference to a stacked list of 570 delegates. Well, as you just heard, the list remains - so what has changed? That's what we asked Faber:

Jules Vasquez, reporter
"You felt that you had been treated unfairly, that you suggested that the list was rigged, that it was a list set for you to lose. It's the same list that they are using in this convention, sir. What will make the outcome different?"

Hon. Patrick Faber, UDP Leadership candidate
"Same list of delegates, same candidates but in a way there's a difference in terms of the candidates. I think that without putting too much on my opponent, I think that all now understand what happened there and whether or not, as Minister Saldivar has said that he's innocent or guilty, the impression is there of some kind of want for a better position to be in and certainly I fit the bill. There is no changing of delegates. I think though that those delegates no matter how they were selected, we could go back and rehash that, but I don't think that will be useful. The fact that they are the delegates is set - they are the delegates, but nobody can dispute no matter how they were selected that these are people who of course want to see the UDP prosper and I think that is what makes the difference this time around. They understand that the party needs to have its best foot forward, the party needs to have a winning face at the helm of the ticket, the party needs to have somebody with good enough integrity. I don't think any of my colleagues who have now said they won't support Saldivar in this campaign and I will tell you that none of the people who were supporting me, if you check the record have now said they are supporting Saldivar, so there are only in fact proven gains that I have made in this race."

Jules Vasquez, reporter
"But sir, you said that while you have visibly been making up ground, you need to make up ground. You lost by 115 votes in a pool of 600. That's a lot. I'm saying that lets look at it just statistically, can you make up 115 votes?"

Hon. Patrick Faber, UDP Leadership candidate
"You don't need to make up 115 votes. Your math is better than that. You need to make up roughly 60 votes. 60 votes out of 600 as you put it, its 10% of the votes and if you check the statistics, you will see that if we want to make some kind of judgement based on the number of constituencies alone and you average 15 delegates per constituency that only 4 constituencies that you need and I can name you right off if you insist. 4 of those constituencies' leaders who have said we are going to go all out now with Faber."

Jules Vasquez, reporter
"I love if you name them, sir."

Hon. Patrick Faber, UDP Leadership candidate
"Shyne to begin with. We have the Honorable Pablo Marin who has made a public declaration. We have the Honorable Rene Montero who has made a public declaration. I'm trying to stick to those who have..."

Jules Vasquez, reporter
"You won't mention Erwin Contreras?"

Hon. Patrick Faber, UDP Leadership candidate
"Well you have now mentioned him and I will - how they say it, if you say a name and I whistle - If I wasn't talking so much and my mouth never dry, I would have whistle."

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