Alex Browne has issued a public notice challenging the nomination of Randy Baltimore as a candidate in the St. Philip’s North by-election, arguing that Baltimore is disqualified under the Constitution and Civil Service regulations.
The notice, dated March 5, 2026, states that Baltimore was nominated on February 25 to contest the seat in the by-election scheduled for March 16.
Browne claims that Baltimore remains a civil servant within the meaning of Section 28(1) of the Civil Service Regulations of Antigua and Barbuda. The document cites Section 39(g) of the Constitution, which provides that a person is not qualified to be elected to the House of Representatives if they “hold or is acting in any public office.”
According to the notice, Baltimore issued a press release on February 19 stating that he had resigned as Principal Inspector of Customs effective February 20.
However, Browne argues that under Section 28(1) of the Civil Service Regulations, an officer appointed on permanent terms must give at least three months’ notice of their intention to resign.
The notice contends that Baltimore should therefore have resigned three months before his nomination, or by November 2025, to comply with the regulation.
It concludes by advising electors that Baltimore is “disqualified from being elected as a Member of Parliament.”
The St. Philip’s North by-election is scheduled for March 16.
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The irony of that pic is that 3/4 of them can’t even vote in that constituency.
The Shuggy Effect is in full effect. At least Shuggy was man enough to resign and still turn around and put a beating on Judas George that the ABLP had thrown everything in their arsenal to support him.
Good call by Alex Brown and could be a Checkmate move on the ABLP cabal.
The Civil Service Regulations re the three months notice requirement for resignation and the qualification for a Public Servant to be eligible to run in an elevtion are completely two different things. Section 39 (g) of the Constitution is what is of importance and what that section stipulates is that a Public Servant is disqualified from running to become a member of the House of Representatives. However, once a Public Servant resigns before nomination day all is fine and his nomination cannot be challenged. As a Public Servant, by not giving the three months notice before resignation all that will be affected is your benefits that you would have realized while being a Public Servant. Again, once a Public Servant resigns before nomination day his qualification to run is unchallengeable.
*the qualification for a Public Servant to be eligible to run in an election
Look! leave well enough alone cause alex cant beat any other person from alp…upp stands a chance to win with randy as the alp candidate
Huh!
What?
👀
Wait what just happened?
Loser
STUPID Alex and Wehner trying to be relevant. Bunch of JOKERS and LIARS
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES
Alex already knows that he will LOSE
This is ridiculous. No company government or otherwise can keep a person as an employee against their will. The man has resigned, simple as that. He may have violated the terms of his employment contract by not giving proper notice but the repercussions of that are loss of pay and other benefits, not having to remain in the company’s staff register involuntarily. Are they going to keep paying him for the next 3 months as well? Even if he were still an employee, by not showing up for work since the 20th he has already abandoned his job.