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The National Reform Party of Belize is a Belizean, Christian conservative political party seeking office in order to eradicate poverty, crime and corruption in Belizean politics.

The party's colors are orange and white. 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.

The NRP held a press conference on February 21, 2007 at its headquarters on the Northern Highway to present its candidates and platform^[1].

Party Leader and candidate for Cayo Northeast, Cornelius Dueck, told listeners that neither the ruling People's United Party nor the Opposition United Democratic Party (Belize) 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 and also affirmed pro-US feelings.

In its editorial for Sunday, February 25, 2007, Belize's leading newspaper Amandala rejected the possibility of endorsing the NRP. It explained that Christianity had no place in politics and that it suspected the NRP was trying to pull a fast one. ^[2] Previous letters to the newspaper indicated similar views from other individuals.

(bold indicates changes made on the NRP website; bold italic indicates candidate's position unknown)

• Party Leader Cornelius Dueck, Cayo Northeast
• Belize Rural North, Derick Stuart
• Belize Rural South, Ernesto Caliz
• Cayo Central, George Boiton Jr.
• Cayo South, Mervin Jordan
• Cayo North, Alden McDougal
• Corozal North, Emilio Guerra
• Corozal Southwest, Eduardo Melendez
• Corozal Southeast, Romeo Magana
• Corozal Bay, Severo Rodriguez
• Orange Walk South, Enio Lopez
• Orange Walk North, Hilberto Nah
• Orange Walk Central, Alvaro Espejo
• Orange Walk East, Pavel Torres
• Toledo East, Charles Selgado
• Toledo West, Fermin Choc
• Lake Independence, Gary Lambey
• Cayo West, Lewis Quiroz

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

1. ^ http://nrpbelize.org/PressRoom/tabid/122/ctl/ViewItem/mid/667/ItemId/2/Default.aspx
2. ^ http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?id=5433 Amandala editorial

Channel 5. "New political party will soon be unveiled." June 5, 2006. [1]

Channel 5. "New party long on heart, short on facts." June 21, 2006. [2]

Channel 5. [3]"Third party? NRP makes it five." February 21, 2007

Channel 7. [4] National Reform Party puts God first at launch. February 21, 2007

• National Reform Party of Belize information website

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