GUARDIAN ME­DIA NEWS­ROOM

As the PNM con­tin­ues its screen­ing process for suit­able can­di­dates to con­test the next Gen­er­al Elec­tions, MP for Lopinot/Bon Air West Mar­vin Gon­za­les isn't re­veal­ing his thoughts on run­ning for re-elec­tion just yet.

But it's not be­cause he doesn't want to.

MP Gon­za­les told Guardian Me­dia he's ob­serv­ing the prop­er pro­to­cols as his con­stituen­cy ex­ec­u­tive must first make the de­ci­sion to sub­mit him for con­sid­er­a­tion.

“Once that ex­ec­u­tive is in­stalled and the par­ty groups are put in place,” he ex­plained, “then i am go­ing to en­gage the ex­ec­u­tive on their feel­ings—in terms of my rep­re­sen­ta­tion over the last four years, go­ing in­to the fifth year.  Based on the feed­back I get; I am go­ing to make a fi­nal de­ter­mi­na­tion … I re­spect the process.”

The Lopinot/Bon Air West MP re­vealed, how­ev­er, that re­turn­ing to pub­lic of­fice is a de­ci­sion he must make with his fam­i­ly.

“It has tak­en a toll on my fam­i­ly,” he ad­mit­ted.  “It calls for tremen­dous sac­ri­fice.”

“I en­joy ser­vice at the lev­el of the Gov­ern­ment and at the lev­el of the Con­stituen­cy,” he said, “but in mov­ing for­ward, I need to hear the views of peo­ple—and key peo­ple—be­fore mak­ing de­ci­sions.”

Mar­vin Gon­za­les as­serts he will give a full ac­count of his tenure as MP since 2020.

He is ex­pect­ed to meet with his ex­ec­u­tive to­day, as screen­ing has al­ready be­gun for the PNM's elec­tion can­di­dates.