St John’s – Prime Minister Gaston Browne Thursday heightened speculation about another snap general election in Antigua and Barbuda after it emerged that Cabinet has instructed the Supervisor of Elections to be prepared to “conduct free and fair elections”. Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to a 15-2 victory in the March 21, 2018 general elections he called more than a year ahead of the constitutional date. …
MP for the Parish of St. Peter's, Asot Michael, rose to the defense of an extended state of emergency for Antigua and Barbuda, giving a harsh lesson in constitutional law to opponents of the measure.
Antigua and Barbuda has an estimated population of 96,286, a number that seems significant but in reality, is smaller than some cities. Disparities in living conditions, public works, streets, and sidewalks are strongly felt. In 2017, the island of Barbuda was devastated by Hurricane Irma, whose 295 km/h winds destroyed 95% of the islands buildings. Nearly every resident of Barbuda was evacuated to Antigua, and efforts to rebuild are still ongoing. Meanwhile, Parham is often called the first town of Antigua and home to the majority of the inhabitants of St. Peter s Parish is a city that has been in dire need of repair and renovation for decades. All of this is on Asot Michael s mind when the MP for St. Peter s closes out his argument in the debate of Antigua and Barbuda s budget for 2021. Where earlier in his statement, MP Michael critiqued what he felt to be an oversight in tax concessions and a misplaced prioritization of meeting excessive demands of select private sector intere
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