National Coordinator: Hipolito Bautista, Lucilo Teck It was established sometime in early 2003[1] and contested its first general elections not long after.
The WTP finished third in the race but caused the election, won by the United Democratic Party, to be rather close.
The WTP had announced that it would contest the next general elections, to be held in 2008 and recently joined the National Belizean Alliance, established in October 2007; however, they did not field any candidates.
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.
[3] 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.