Winston Pond

Winston Pond is a geothermal activist and politician from Montserrat. He has contested many elections on the island throughout his career, and most recently ran in the Montserrat General Election of 2014. Pond, along with 6 others, contested the island's by-election for a position on the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat on January 30, 2016. His bid for the legislative seat was unsuccessful.[1][2]

Pond is also known on the island for his exchange with the then Governor Adrian Davis regarding the government's geothermal energy exploration programmes.[3] In fact, in his 2017 by-election bid, Pond repeatedly expressed his concerns that the Government of Montserrat was taking too long to complete its geothermal exploration project. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2020 [4] but Pond expressed his interest and willingness to work with the United Nations in order to bring geothermal energy to Montserrat by the end of the 2017.[5][6] Pond's proposal to expedite the geothermal project was described by many as very plausible but now it is very unlikely to happen as he was defeated at the polls.

References
  1. "Seven to contest by-election". The Montserrat Reporter.
  2. "Political Winners and Losers of The Week on Montserrat". MNI Alive.
  3. "Governor Davis is prepared for discourse and shows his difference". The Montserrat Reporter.
  4. "'Ash to cash': Montserrat gambles future on the volcano that nearly destroyed it". The Guardian.
  5. "Rose Willock Interviews Winston Ponde, Independent Candidate in the Upcoming By-election". Montserrat Radio Echo.
  6. "Friday January 27, 2017 "The News At Six" with James White Jr.+ Sports and Weather". Montserrat Radio Echo.


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