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Paul Burke retires from active politics
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The Weekly Gleaner
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July 31, 2008
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LONG-STANDING MEMBER of the People's National Party (PNP) Paul Burke has retired from active politics.
Burke, a PNP organiser and former chairman of the party's Region Three, advised party leaders of his decision on Sunday, July 27, in a strong-eight page letter that was distributed during a meeting of the PNPs National Executive Council (NEC).
Burke said he was disgusted by the current leadership race, which he described as a contest "centred on personal and leadership ambitions" and said he would not be participating in either of the two campaigns.
"I am prepared to support the party regardless of who wins the contest," he said in the letter. "However, I do not know whether I will be ...
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