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Hon. Elrington Says UDP In Gear
posted (November 25, 2014)
And while the PUP tries to move on from finger-pointing to candidate picking, is the UDP's plan? We know they are eager to get it over with quickly, and we tried to speak with Prime Minister Dean Barrow about it when he came out of the Cabinet meeting this afternoon, but he told us that he couldn't grant an interview because he was running late.

We did get a chance to speak with Attorney General Wilfred Elrington about the UDP's take on Mahmud's abrupt departure:

Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs
"That's a crisis for the People's United Party and they seem to be lurching from one crisis to the next. I am hoping that in fact the leader Francis Fonseca is not going to be adversely affected by it. These things normally have unintended consequences and I am certain that this kind of resignation brings really great pressure on him. He has been having a difficult time so far and I don't think this helps him. But certainly one has got to commend Mahmud for being principle. I imagine he is taking a principle position on matters of a political nature. I myself had at one time gone off on my own dependently, so these happens with politicians, so again, part of the reality of our democratic system, I think it's healthy. I think it is good that people can feel strong enough about an issue to be prepared to resign."

Daniel Ortiz
"However, this does gives your party an advantage in increasing that slim margin that it has in the government majority."

Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs
"Well certainly our party can benefit from it. It doesn't automatically gives you an advantage because there will have to be a by-election and that's going to be done very shortly."

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