And while COVID numbers are staying down, election season is picking up - and the PUP hosted 2 different delegate conventions over the weekend to elect mayoral candidates for Punta Gorda and Dangriga. There was also an endorsement of the municipal slate for Corozal Town, and the PUP Standard Bearer for Corozal Bay.
On Saturday, 124 delegates cast their votes to elect Charles Selgado as the mayoral candidate for Punta Gorda - defeating Union champion Luke Palacio by 4 votes. Selgado will lead a team of councilors which includes Mary Palacio, Moses, Cal, Arnold Williams, Ulysses Guy, Roberto Virez, and Malcolm Galvez,
A virtual convention was held in Corozal Town to endorse the party's municipal slate for Corozal Town. That team will be Mayor Rigoberto Vellos, Rodolfo Narvaez, Hilberto Clarke, Otoniel Riveroll, Miguel Montalvo, Marleni Tapia, and Baldemar Pech Jr.
The party also took the opportunity to endorse Mrs. Elvia Vega-Samos as the new Standard Bearer for Corozal Bay. She will represent the Party in the Corozal Bay bi-election, which will be held on the same day as Municipal Election.
On Sunday, 105 delegates cast their votes to elect Robert Mariano as the Mayoral Candidate for Dangriga. Mariano will be joined by the councilor candidates, Gilroy Howard Flores, Martha Robinson, Alfred Petillo, Jr., Liberato Teul, John Edwin Flores, and Jerris Valentine, Jr.
