He's offering himself for leader of the UDP in 5 days, but Wilfred Elrington does not sound like a man on a mission. In a wholly mystifying interview with LOVE TV yesterday, he said he's in it, but not necessarily to win it:
Hon. Wilfred Elrington- UDP party leader hopeful
"My name is still in the race and it will remain there until after the procedure is finished on Sunday. I have had the opportunity to meet with most of the delegates. For one reason or the other I can't tell you that my support has been strong, I can't tell you that. Really, I was of two minds. One mind told me, don't get involved. Largely because it is a very difficult task. Managing anything now for the next two or three years is going to be a really monumental task. The kind of difficulties that I foresee, countries like ours going through, it will take really a superman to make life comfortable. It is not a burden that I want to take on voluntarily. For that reason I have not been putting all my heart and soul in it. I think most primarily I want to let it be known that I did offer myself but it is not something that I am fighting tooth and nail for. It is not a burden that I want to assume readily and voluntarily."
Reliable reports say Elrington has told gatherings of delegates whose he has addressed that if he does not win, he will not contest Pickstock in the upcoming election.
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