Briceño to UDP Protesters, “I Was Eating Ice Cream”

As UDP supporters took to the streets in protest last Friday, Prime Minister John Briceño says he spent the afternoon doing something far less political, sharing ice cream with his granddaughter. The prime minister used the moment to brush aside the opposition’s latest demonstration, telling News Five that the real problem for the UDP isn’t the government, but a public he believes is no longer buying its message.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“That I am also a grandfather. I am not only prime minister. I am a husband and I am a father and grandfather and I have one granddaughter and for me to be able to spend the afternoon with her and take her to the park, it was raining so we went to Moes because there is a playground there and spend an hour and a half with my granddaughter and that is the joy of life.”

 

Paul Lopez

“But do you take their messaging and calls seriously?”

 

Prime Minister John Briceño  

“I think what they need to worry about is that the people are not taking them seriously, because we had a National Party Council meeting on the Saturday and we had more people in Dangriga for our meeting than what they managed to bring and they had buses all over the country.”

 

The United Democratic Party has indicated that Friday’s protest is just its first step in a phased approach to pushing back against alleged corruption within the Briceño administration.

 

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