But while the PM nor his government had condemned Perez, despite Wendy Auxillou's claims of sexual harassment, he did call out the Belmopan mayor. That then led to Sheran Palacio calling him "100% racist and misogynist."
Briceno needed a few seconds before responding to the comment, but clarified that he was discussing the behavior of the council on a whole, not just her. But we asked if this disconnect with at least one municipal body is going against what his party promised.
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"[shakes head] Um, I think she's entitled to her opinion, I think what is important and I think she missed the point that I was making, I was not speaking about her directly, I was speaking that is an embarrassment, the whole behavior of the council, how they've been behaving back and forth, these are things that should be dealt with internally, and so I want to leave it as that."
Reporter
"PUP promised the voters that there would be harmony between the Central Government and the PUP Local Governments, it's this sort of a betrayal considering there is this sort of disconnect between you guys?"
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"How could you come to that conclusion? How could you even come up with those questions? Honestly, really, because listen, the other day we had to bail out the Belize City Council, they were short of $100,000, they could not pay their salaries, and Central Government paid them. Central Government has been helping in paving streets in Belmopan, we have harmony with all our councils, it doesn't mean that we'll agree with everything like in every family, if you disagree with a member of your family, it doesn't mean that you hate on another, that happens in every family."
