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Saul says snap poll is unlikely

And the UBP are looking at new and younger potential candidates for Parliament in a bid to stay on a winning streak.

said yesterday.

And the UBP are looking at new and younger potential candidates for Parliament in a bid to stay on a winning streak.

But he ruled out axing sitting MPs in favour of new faces in the House.

He said: "There are two or three who have expressed interest, having been in Parliament for some time, and they are quite prepared, if we get the right person, to stand down.

"That is good for the party and good for the Country to get new people in -- we are not a staid party, we are a vibrant party.'' But he declined to comment on who might quit -- or who might be lined up as replacements.

And Dr. Saul insisted a massive polling process currently underway, involving sitting MPs and would-be Parliamentarians, should not be taken as a sign of a snap General Election.

He said: "Nobody should look at this and speculate that an election is around the corner -- definitely not.'' Dr. Saul explained the polls being carried out were part of a two-year plan in the run-up to the latest date for going to the Country -- October next year.

He said: "The Country needs to settle down for a while -- we need to get the Budget through and continue the economic growth we have. No-one is interested in an election tomorrow.

"We do these polls every six months -- we have done them in constituencies and we are now doing them up and down the Country as we look forward to an election which has to be called by October 1998.''