And while we had minister Martinez, we asked him to comment on the current state of affairs within the PUP - where party leader Francis Fonseca asked National Campaign Manager Godfrey Smith to step down. No replacement has been named - but the party will meet next week to discuss the way forward. And while the general feeling within the PUP is the Leader Francis Fonseca lost a key ally in Smith, Minister Martinez says he hopes Fonseca isn't going anywhere soon:..
Hon. Anthony "Boots" Martinez, UDP Minister of Government
"I felt that, unlike the party leader, he was man enough to know that he was campaign manager over the last year and change and lost every single election and so I think it's time for, man, with good grace to step off. I thought that the first thing for, in my view that would have happen was Francis Fonseca was to take a back. I mean when you look in terms of everything and I hope that he stays. It's only better for the United Democratic Party. I hope that he stays."
Jules Vasquez
"You are saying that you prefer him to be leader?"
Hon. Anthony "Boots" Martinez
"I want him to be leader. For me personally I want him to be there. In my view that is best for the party and so I prefer him to be there. I prefer everybody goes and he stays."
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