And while the list of 15 includes some new faces, and almost exclusively Faber loyalist - as we said - a lot of former generals aren't there. The press asked about those omissions today:
Reporter
"In your list of shadow cabinet members, I didn't hear certain names: John Saldivar, Rene Montero, Boots Martinez, Former minister Castro and perhaps a couple other names. Are we to take it that these long time supporting UDP members are being retired or are retiring from membership from politics? Why is it that they are not being given positions in this shadow cabinet?"
Hon. Patrick Faber, Leader of the Opposition
"The simple reason to that is that we listen to people. We want to give a fresh impression of the party. We want to say to people listen our spread much wider that those faces that you know. If people said to us listen, we want to see something different. But we are about pushing ahead with a new agenda. This party has enjoyed tremendous success up until the point of November 11th and so it is time now for us to find something new and that is why we did what we did in terms of the shadow cabinet - embracing some of what was with some of what is to come. The UDP will not be accused of entertaining anybody or anything that is bad, I'm not saying any of them are bad, but we are on a forward path to change this party's image and anybody who is weighing that down need not be a part of it."
