on 18 november 2018, barrow’s cabinet by way of a strange press release urged him to remain as prime minister until the 2020 general election on 1 november 2020. they also urged him to remain as leader of the udp until february 2020. he said he will take that move and eventually for the final time, rescheduled the convention to february 2020. a significant walking back from his declaration at the 2017 chamber meeting. on 4 december 2018, minister of human development and minister of social transformation, anthony martinez reveled to the media on why he and the cabinet urged barrow to remain as prime minister until 2020. martinez stayed on course saying that barrow ultimately took the decision and that the goal is for the currently leadership to take the udp into a fourth term in government. a fourth term will be historic for the udp as no political party in post-independence belize has ever embarked on a fourth term. plus this will also be a major upset for the majority of belizeans who are expecting the pup to cling win at the next election.