A portrait of former prime minister Ralph Gonsalves has reportedly been removed from the Argyle International Airport.
Gonsalves said while speaking on Star Radio that many individuals have been speaking out of ignorance and wanting some kind of revenge. “Revenge for what I don’t know,” Gonsalves stated.
“I even note that the pettiness goes to the extent of my portrait, which was at the airport. There’s more than one portrait because I think one was in the VIP lounge with me and the Governor-General, and there was one downstairs”.
Gonsalves said persons can remove the photos all they want; they cannot remove the fact that his government built AIA.
“You can remove it as much as you want. You can’t remove the historical fact that under my leadership the airport was built. You can’t be engaged in a Stalinist denial era; the facts are the facts, and facts are stubborn things. Anybody is entitled to his or her opinion. But facts are stubborn things.”
Gonsalves says everybody knows who he is, and those who are interested in pulling him down can go ahead.
“None of that disturbs me one iota. I will continue to do what I consider to be correct, what is right in all the circumstances. And to do so in a reasonable and measured manner.”