| Is Perez's Popularity Slipping? |
| Fri, April 11, 2025 |
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| But if the Cayo Rosario development moves forward, will it hurt Perez's political popularity?
In last month's general elections, his Belize Rural South constituency only had 56% voter turnout and Perez received 900 fewer votes than he did in 2020, even though the voter list grew by 1,500 voters in that period.
We asked him if he thought his popularity was slipping - but he blamed the turnout on the UDP:
Andre Perez, Minister of Blue Economy
"You have to look at the figures and you have to look at the studies because we have gotten all the reports and everything and basically what you're having is that mostly UDPs did not come out to vote, especially in Caye Caulker. You look at the figure in Caye Caulker and it's mostly UDPs that did not come out and vote so that isn't really less popularity, it's just that it was a clear mandate and the gap was wider in terms of that so I'm looking at that and we're seeing the figures and those that came out to vote and pretty much it was supporters of UDP. So I don't see why my popularity may have gone."
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