Formation and Nomination
The VIP introduced itself to residents of Belmopan on Sunday, December 4, 2005 with a manifesto of planned projects they would implement in Belmopan if elected. The slate of candidates presented included the following:
- Mayor: Paul Morgan
- Councillors: Bobby Lopez, Kamil Espat, Henry Dueck, David Gonzalez, Elvira Brown and Hubert Enriquez.
All seven were well known in the Belmopan area and Morgan and Enriquez had previously contested elections there (News 5). Enriquez is officially Secretary General of the Party and Morgan nominal Party Leader.
The slate were nominated on February 14, 2006 by returning officer for the city Henry Marsden. In an interview with News 5's Karla Vernon, candidate Morgan said that the nation needed "a change" and said that a VIP victory in Belmopan would be the "seed" that would eventually remove "corruption" in the nation's capital.
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