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Da Silva, the second to last of 11 siblings, also presided \u2013 at different times \u2013 over the affairs of non-profit organizations such as St. Vincent Jaycees and Rotary Club of St. Vincent.
\nIn the lead up to the 2015 general elections here the, still practicing, accountant threw his name in the Unity Labour Party\u2019s hat for consideration to be named as candidate.<\/p>\n
His offer was publicly rebuffed when Party Leader Dr. Ralph Gonsalves tangibly recognized the individuals \u201cwho have helped us to be here 14 years later as the government.\u2026 I want to thank \u2026 all the 36 persons who have been candidates; those who have won, those who have not won and those who offered themselves to be candidates even though they did not become the candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the time Prime Minister Gonsalves was addressing a rally held to celebrate his ULP\u2019s 14th year as government of SVG. Dr. Gonsalves presented everyone else \u2013 even one-time MP Conrad Sayers who was said to have grown visually impaired – with autographed books taken from his library.<\/p>\n
PM Gonsalves\u2019 generosity noticeably bypassed Da Silva and Godson Cain, another rival for the Marriaqua candidacy on the ULP\u2019s 2015 ticket. Incumbent St. Clair Jimmy Prince was ultimately selected via his Party\u2019s practice of \u201corganized democracy\u201d one source reported.<\/p>\n
Needless to say Tuesday evening\u2019s results have caused something of an upset amongst NDP supporters. One of whom spoke to us while demanding anonymity.<\/p>\n
S\/he said, \u201c29 delegates decided that the country didn\u2019t get the youngest possible candidate for the NDP. 29 delegates decided that the nation didn\u2019t get a chance to have Phillip Jackson, a brilliant and creative mind, serve the country as an elected parliamentarian. And the leadership of the NDP wasn\u2019t strong or smart enough to help to guide the delegates in the right direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cKirk Da Silva is solid. It so happens that what the nation needs most at this time is a mix of younger people and women – the two largest sections of the Vincentian population.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NDP has a big tent, an all-embracing tent, but that doesn\u2019t mean that each person who wished to run for the ULP and who was rejected by the ULP, should join the NDP simply to get that chance to run like Kirk Da Silva did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Tyrone James, the NDP\u2019s General Secretary of 3 years standing, remarked, \u201cthe results reflected where the delegates went. The next step is ratification by the Central Committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what the people wanted to say but what I\u2019ve seen is that the delegates, in the process, identified Da Silva with 15 votes.\u201d<\/p>\n
A total of 3 candidates are awaiting the Party\u2019s highest decision making organ\u2019s endorsement. This would then permit them to join the NDP\u2019s 2020 ticket.<\/p>\n
They are East St. George\u2019s Laverne Gibson-Velox, Marriaqua\u2019s Kirk Michael Da Silva and possibly the only contender for the North Windward seat, Shevern Lewis-John.<\/p>\n
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A one-time Unity Labour Party prospective candidate was given the nod by New Democratic Party delegates in the Marriaqua primaries on Tuesday evening. In a surprising quirk, Kirk Da Silva, a founding partner at KDLT Chartered Certified Accountants, was voted as the most preferable candidate of the 4 contenders in the August 11, race. When<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news","category-mainstory"],"yoast_head":"\n