And, if the UDP plans to have more they will have to find money to mobilize these crowds, it's the dirty little secret of politics that to stage a protest you have to spend money even if it's only subsistence. But even though that is a well-established political norm chairman Mike acted as if the P in his last name stood for Pointus Pilate, and washed his hands of any responsibility for that.
Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, UDP
"Promises, promises of a better Belize. We don't pay people to demonstrate. So, if 5 people come out as I said on the radio yesterday if it was just me one it would have been alright but you know we tell people that this is what we're doing and people choose to join."
Reporter:
"You know how it is, some people expect a $50.00 or something like that?"
Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, UDP
"And I did not expect Jennifer Lopez to marry Ben Affleck again but that's my disappointment. You can expect anything you want all I'm saying is that's not our way. That's not what we did. That's not when you do when you're trying to re-build organically, a mass party like the UDP. You cannot pay people to be a part of a movement, you cannot pay people to be a part of a party. They have to believe in you and you have to demonstrate that we believe in them and the nation and that's what brought out everybody here today."