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We the People Reform Movement
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We the People Reform Movement is a self-styled "movement of independent candidates" intended to cause a revolution in Belizean politics and society.
National Coordinator: Francis Gegg
Deputies: Hipolito Bautista, Lucilo Teck
It was established sometime in early 2003 and contested its first general elections not long after. Its 11 candidates won no seats.
In municipal elections for 2006, the WTP participated in Corozal Town, fielding seven candidates including one Mayoral candidate. The WTP finished third in the race but caused the election, won by the United Democratic Party, to be rather close.
The WTP has announced that it will contest the next general elections, to be held in 2008.
One of the main reforms the WTP says it will introduce is an elected Senate of between 18 and 21 persons. It reasons that this Senate will be an improvement over the existing one, which it says is merely a rubberstamp for Cabinet and House of Representatives decisions. Of note is that other prominent Belizeans have called for an elected Senate; the proposal was even included in a report on political reform submitted in 1999. However, the WTP is to date the only party to agree to such a recommendation.