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REAL NEWS: Sean Bird, the United Progressive Party (UPP) caretaker for St. John\u2019s Rural East, is denying claims that he is seeking to contest for leadership of the Party and has been circulating a flyer with that intention.<\/p>

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As a fairly new member of the Party, Bird says, he is seeking only serve the people and his country and not to head the political institution.<\/p>\n

He says he has no knowledge of who has been circulating such information, but says people have asked him if he is interested in contesting for the position.<\/p>

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If he were asked, however, he says he would accept the call to lead the Party and subsequently the country.<\/p>

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He says he would not shy away from making a positive contribution to the UPP and to Antigua and Barbuda on a whole.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bird cautions that leadership is something that should be taken seriously \u2013 which members of the ALP Administration do not seem to understand.<\/p>

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With this government, he says, leadership appears to be about ego and not governing in the best interest of the people and having a plan to move the country forward.<\/p>\n

Bird states that leadership includes having a vision for the development of the people and the nation on a whole.<\/p>

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