Osmond Martinez - he's the political newcomer challenging two other PUP candidates to replace the deceased Mike Espat as the party's Toledo East Standard Bearer.
But tonight his opponents are pointing to the fact that he was born in Honduras and saying that makes him unfit to replace the man called Iron Mike.
Martinez told us that indeed he was born in Honduras because his mother had a pregnancy complication. He added that at the Banana farms of Cowpen where his family lived, the medical care was weak. So they took her to Honduras where she is from.
While his opponents suggest that his Belizean passport is one of convenience, Martinez brushed that off, saying he was made in Belize and is fully Belizean.
We note that in the past we have seen many candidates for both parties who were born in Guatemala. Also, the constitution does not prevent foreign born Belizeans from qualifying for elected office.
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