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Will PM Change Ministers Of Health and Foreign Affairs?
posted (November 5, 2015)
And as the Prime Minister appoints that new cabinet, will he change his most publicly embattled ministers: Wilfred Elrington in Foreign Affairs and Pablo Marin, in health? That's what we asked him today:...

Jules Vasquez
"Is there key changes and specifically might these changes involve two of the most publicized and criticized ministries or ministers; the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Health?"

Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"They both won their seats, didn't they?"

Jules Vasquez
"Politics isn't everything."

Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"It's the only thing when it comes to choosing a cabinet. No, Jules, I can't get into that. As I told you I will have enough difficulty having to deal with the fact that only 12 persons can become full ministers. If I started to speculate on who the 12 would be, that would be grossly unfair to the wining candidates and would begin my headaches fully 2-3 days before the need to start. Let me try to recover from the post-election fatigue before I tackle that particular issue and as I said in any event, as a matter of respect and courtesy and what is right, I have to sit with my people first before coming to any final decision."

Jules Vasquez
"In very general none specific terms, would you be able to say if you intend to bolster your cabinet with senator ministers?"

Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"Well I will have to, because if we can only get 12 ministers from those that were elected, that won't be enough. I don't see how we can do with less than 14 full ministers."

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