And the Prime Minister also commented on that other division which is going through changes, Pickstock. The three term incumbent Wilfred Elrington is stepping down after the election and the PM confirmed the rumours that outgoing Port Loyola Rep Boots Martinez is interested in the job - and he has a brand name campaign manager:
Reporter
"We've been hearing talks that Hon. Boots Martinez is considering candidacy for Pickstock. Is there any confirmation that can be given to those rumors?"
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow- Prime Minister
"I'll go you one better, I understand that not only is he interested in contesting, I hear that he's already acquired a campaign manager in the person of the one and only Michael Finnegan. I don't know how things will turn out. Again, I am sorry the leader-elect isn't here but that there is that interest enabled, empowered, assisted by the Honorable Finnegan, of that there is no doubt."
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