The National Reform Party of Belize was a

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political party seeking office during the

2008 Belizean general election General elections were held in Belize on 7 February 2008. Beginning with this election, Belizeans elected 31 members to the House of Representatives of Belize instead of 29. In what was considered an upset, the opposition United Democratic Party ...

under the following guiding principles. It failed to win any seats and has not contested any elections since. Hope: Eradicate poverty and depression Integrity: Preventing corruption by removing dishonest Leadership Justice: Morality and respect of Law and stop abuse, victimization and breach of contracts Reform: Restructure and upgrade governance to prevent corrosion in democracy Progress: Stabilizing the economy and proper use of public funds The party's colors are

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. The party's emblem is a fist enclosed by a circle, which stands for a combination of "power, security, value and justice... unity, inclusiveness and togetherness." The Party Leader is business man Cornelius Dueck.

February 21 press conference

The NRP held a press conference on February 21, 2007 at its headquarters on the Northern Highway to present its candidates and platform.National Reform Party News – Belize News
/ref> Party Leader and candidate for Cayo Northeast, Cornelius Dueck, told listeners that neither the ruling

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nor the Opposition

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have anything to offer Belizeans. He declared his party's platform to be anti-corruption, pro-development and social upliftment. The NRP promised transparency and upfrontness about campaign financing.

Nominated candidates

* Party Leader Cornelius Dueck, Cayo Northeast * Belize Rural South, Ernesto Caliz * Cayo Central, George Boiton Jr. * Cayo North, Alden McDougal * Orange Walk South, Enio Lopez * Orange Walk North, Hilberto Nah * Orange Walk Central, Alvaro Espejo * Orange Walk East, Pavel Torres * Toledo West, Fermin Choc * Lake Independence, Gary Lambey

Party officials

* Leader, Cornelius Dueck * National Campaign Coordinator, Esteban Bejerano * Planning Unit Coordinator, German Cob * Advisors: George Dueck, Abraham Braun, Emiliano Lozano

References

Channel 5. "''New political party will soon be unveiled''." June 5, 2006

Channel 5. "''New party long on heart, short on facts.''" June 21, 2006

Channel 5.

Third party? NRP makes it five." February 21, 2007 Channel 7

National Reform Party puts God first at launch. February 21, 2007

External links

National Reform Party of Belize information website
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