Burke
Omar Anderson, Gleaner Writer
PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) activist, Paul Burke, said yesterday that he would forego his interest in becoming president of the party, if he was successful in his 11th-hour bid to fill one of four vice-presidential posts within the party.
After his surprise nomination as a vice-president at last Saturday's annual conference held at the National Arena, Burke says he is confident of winning. The party, caught off guard, postponed the election of vice-presidents to February 5.
"I can get in among the four," he told The Gleaner yesterday. "I don't think, however, I can emerge among those who have the largest number of votes."
"I am offering myself as part of the PNP leadership. I am part of a group that has a political platform," he added. He said he would use his position to push some of the transformation for which he is agitating.
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Burke also dismissed views within the party that only a member of Parliament or a government minister should stand for any of the party's top posts.
In the meantime, debate on a draft resolution calling for the direct participation of all registered members in good financial standing in electing the PNP president was deferred on Saturday. Delegates at the conference said they needed more details as to how the proposal would work. The resolution was moved by Region Three Vice-President Phillip Paulwell.
