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And while Clear the Land Castro is moving around the country on NEMO duties – he does so only as a Minister of State. As we have reported, the three-term representative was again passed over for a full ministry –while every other three-term UDP representative got a full ministry. Today we asked Castro if he was still bruised by being passed over:…

Daniel Ortiz

"Some observers look and see that you are one of those ministers who should have gotten a full ministry not a minister of state. Do you in any way feel jilted by being appointed to a minister of state?"

Hon. Edmond Castro – Minister Of State, Transport and NEMO

"Not at all, we must remember that we were all elected as Area Representatives. When we go to the poll, we go to the poll to be elected and ask the people to elect us to represent them. We did not go to the poll to be elected as deputy this or minister of this or minister of that. The people elect us to be their representative. And as long as your goal is to aim to be the best Area Representative, it don't matter where you go, it don't matter what title they give you; because they can give you all the ministries there is and if you are not careful in taking care of the little area that elected you to serve them, then you won't return back to the house."

"Everything that comes after that is at the behest of the Prime Minister and as a member of the government, we must strive to do the best possible job that they task us to do and I think the Prime Minister knows that I am a hard worker, so he gave me NEMO and here we are looking after not just the people of Belize Rural North which is my area but the entire country."

Castro is the second politician to win Belize Rural North in three successive terms – Maxwell Samuels did it from 1993 to 2008.