Prime Minister and Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) leader Gaston Browne says the party will launch its election manifesto today, April 20, at the American University of Antigua, marking a key moment in its campaign ahead of the general election.
Speaking on Pointe FM’s Browne and Browne Show, Browne confirmed the timing of the launch and signaled that it will form a central part of the party’s push toward polling day.
“The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party manifesto will be launched on Monday, April 20th at the American University of Antigua,” Browne said.
He coupled the announcement with a call for voter readiness, urging the electorate to ensure they are prepared to participate in the upcoming vote.
Browne also pointed to what he described as growing support for the ruling party, framing the manifesto launch as part of a broader effort to consolidate momentum in the final stretch of the campaign.
During the programme, contributors echoed that view, citing strong turnout at recent political events and increased engagement among younger voters as indicators of the party’s organisational strength.
Comrade Donna Shire highlighted the level of activity across constituencies, describing the campaign as energised and coordinated, with visible youth participation at events.
The manifesto launch comes as political parties intensify their outreach efforts ahead of the election, with competing platforms expected to focus on economic policy, social programmes and infrastructure development.
While Browne did not outline specific measures from the manifesto during the broadcast, he indicated that the document will set out the ABLP’s plans for continued development and governance.
He also encouraged voters to take the necessary steps to participate in the election, reinforcing the importance of ensuring voter identification cards are valid ahead of polling day.
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Launch of the ABLP manifesto???
How laughable! The last two manifestos’ have been largely ignored or put in action when Gaston Browne calls a General Election. More facts!
Many well tutored Antiguans have rightly highlighted the many broken proclamations and pronouncements from Browne and his Cabinet Members over the last couple of terms in office.
From unfinished road and water infrastructures, the high costs of living, and the lack of transparency by sweeping under the carpet of the vehicle acquisitions procurement scandal that still leaves a nasty political stench in the air.
And many know that the broken ABLP manifesto list is vastly extensive.
When we eventually decrease LIVING for the weekends to hide our woes of residing here in Antigua, and engage properly in holding our politicians to account, then there’ll be REAL hope for our children, and their children’s future.
I’m still absolutely flummoxed by the amount of propaganda that many Antiguans fall for from Browne.
I’m so looking forward to new pastures abroad
ABLP manifesto is always just a picture book with grandiose promises to give out as a gift and the majority of the ideas and promises remain just that. THEY PUT YOU ON A HIGH then you crash LIKE WHEN YOU TAKE DRUGS
Will they be launching a manifesto or a photo album again?
Why di they need a manifesto?
They published a plbook of pictures for the last electiins.
Between the pictures were some promises.
How much of the promises have they implemented?
Is you ask me i will say less than five percent.
I am sure they will go back to their 2014 manifesto and pick the few promises that they have accomplished.
However from 2014 to this day ALP have been a dismal failure at fulfilling their manifesto promises.
I guess the photo album will be one to keep people occupied until something interesting comes up.
Clico crisis: ‘Regional cooperation lacking’.
THE REGION has not co-operated enough in terms of how each country regulates its financial matters, and the CLICO crisis has painfully exposed this.
This is the view of Trinidad and Tobago’s Central Bank Governor, Ewart Williams, who admitted this yesterday at the end of the one-day regional leaders meeting between the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), along with Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago at the Hilton Barbados.
“One thing we need to recognise and we need to confess … is that perhaps there has not been sufficient regional co-operation on regulatory matters,” Williams told regional leaders and the media.
He said his own country represented at the meeting by Prime Minister Patrick Manning, who had to leave early to host a press conference on the Summit of the Americas could not escape blame, noting that “sometimes one gets the impression we are going our separate ways, not realising that in the final analysis we are one regional space”.
Williams said if there was one thing the current regional financial crisis should underscore was the need for regional states to work more closely, not only to be able to anticipate crises but to respond in a co-ordinated way anytime another crisis arose.
“There are a number of lessons to be learned from this CLICO issue, and it certainly is need for much more regional co-operation than has occurred in the past,” he added.
Williams pointed out that, even with the best regulation in the world, one could never guarantee that some institution would not face critical challenges either because of exogenous factors or excessively risky behaviour.
He added that the job of the regulator was to seek to get an early-warning system in order to quickly recognise the institution that is finding itself in trouble, and secondly, to have arrangements in place not only to deal with the specific institution but to minimise contagion within the system
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The GOVERNMENT of ANTIGUA and BARBUDA failed to regulate CLICO. However and henceforth the Government of Antigua & Barbuda is responsible and obligated in paying CLICO policyholders in ANTIGUA & BARBUDA, before making any future empty promises for POLITICAL POWER.
UPP and ABLP should ADDRESS this outstanding issue in their MANIFESTOS.
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