And while Briceno was dealing with his accident - during that same week - his area representative for Caribbean Shores, Kareem Musa was in mainland China rubbing shoulders with apparatchiks of China's Zhi Gong Party.
That sent all kinds of geopolitical signals - and raised the questions of whether the PUP - if elected - would consider a switch in alliances between Taiwan and China - as others in the region have done.
Today we asked Briceno to comment on Musa’s mission to the mainland:
According to Wikipedia, the Zhi Gong Party that invited Musa “appears to be used as a convenient intermediary for contacts with certain foreign interests.â€