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FRIDAY,
MARCH 20, 2015
VOLUME 109, No.12
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Maxwell Charles, current ULP MP for Central Leeward, says he is disappointed about losing the nomination, but will do all to ensure that unity is maintained within his party. by DAYLE DA SILVA ALTHOUGH HE ADMITTED that he was a bit disappointed, the current Parliamentary Representative for Central Leeward, Maxwell Charles, said that he acted in the interest of continued unity within the Unity Labour Party (ULP).
Sir Louis Straker has confirmed that he will re-join political leader of the ULP, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on the political rostrum. Sir Louis Straker, four-time winner of the Central Leeward seat, was recognised in his retirement by various groups throughout the constituency.
Charles, despite his success in his very first outing at the polls in the 2010 General Elections, will not be the ULP candidate for Central Leeward, whenever the election bell is rung. In what some described as a surprised turn of events, both Charles and the other proposed candidate, Dunstan Johnson, nominated Sir Louis as the candidate for Central Leeward, at last Sunday’s ULP Central Leeward Constituency Council Meeting. Speaking with THE VINCENTIAN last Monday, Sir Louis intimated that when he left active politics in 2010, it was never his intention to return. He confirmed that he had made the decision not to attend the Constituency Council Meeting, saying that he thought that had he gone, it would have given the impression that he was conspiring against Johnson or Charles. “I was about to go to a (Church) convention when I got a call from the Prime Minister,” Sir Louis said. In that call, the Prime Minister informed him that the party was badly divided, and that he would have been the best person to restore unity. But Sir Louis said that because of his hitherto decision not to return to active politics, he suggested that the Prime Minister and the two candidates work on restoring unity. Continued on Page 3.