The UDP just completed one year in office for their third term - and, politically, it's been the worst year ever for Gaspar Vega. The man who helped deliver five of eight seats for the UDP in the north first went from Lands Minister to Agriculture Minister, then from Deputy Party Leader to Standard Bearer, then from Deputy Prime Minister to just another minister, and then, finally, last month to no minister at all, after he resigned from Cabinet - under extreme public pressure and outcry. Now, the UDP's former King In The North is no longer in Cabinet, and the question many are asking is will he take that final step and resign as area representative for Orange Walk North, and be replaced in a bye-election? Well on Saturday he held a meeting with his faithful supporters in the constituency he was won three times, and, after, that, he told Dillon Jones from the UDP Friendly Sugar City Morning Show that he's not going anywhere:...
Reporter
"Is Gaspar Vega resigning?"
Hon. Gaspar Vega, OW North Area Rep.
"No, I'm not resigning. Not because some person who probably has never liked me and would never like me, is asking for my resignation. I was elected to serve this term. I have told my people that I will do that. I also told them that I will not be participating to be re-elected in the next general election. I resigned from the cabinet for different reasons. But at the end of the day my number one responsibility is to serve my constituents in Orange Walk North and that is what I am planning to do."
Reporter
"Some people have the general sentiments out there that there is a bad blood between you and the Prime Minister. Can you clear the air for this?"
Hon. Gaspar Vega, OW North Area Rep.
"That's not true. The Prime Minister and I have always been friends. Even before politics we were personal friends and that's the last thing I would like to lose because of politics. Besides politics we are friends."
Vega says he plans to be actively involved in finding a successor and ensuring that person's success over the PUP in Orange Walk North.
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