Daven Confident Despite Rumours

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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 06:55

By Kam Wright

As speculation increases of an imminent change to the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) candidacy in the All Saints West Constituency, the current candidate Daven Joseph remains defiant.

This talk comes after Joseph failed to bring home the seat in two consecutive general elections. But despite a possible challenge lying in the shadows, Joseph said he stands tall above any rival.

“When you really analyse all of them, none of them, for one, is attached to the people more than I,” he said. “Secondly, none of them is qualified to command any position above what Chandlah Codrington has now, so the level of representation would be the same or worse.”

It had been rumoured that Joseph’s main rival is President of the Antigua Trade & Labour Union (AT&LU) Wigley George. However, George initially had his sights set on the St Paul’s constituency, where he ran independently in last year’s elections.

That move followed an embittered row between George and the party after he was not given a clear pass onto the slate of candidates.

But Caribarena.com has now been tipped that George’s possible candidacy in All Saints West was a negotiating term for a concord between the AT&LU and the ALP.  There are reportedly two other likely contenders.

But Joseph said, “Frankly, and it’s not because of sour grapes, but I would not support any of them.”

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