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As the United Progressive Party (UPP) continues to unveil its candidates for the next general elections, and ground work in the constituencies is underway, Steadroy \u201cCutie\u201d Benjamin says he is going to compete for the St. John\u2019s City South seat one more time.<\/p>

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As the sitting Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) representative for St. John\u2019s City South, Benjamin will compete against Michael Burton, who is running on the UPP slate for the second time.<\/p>\n

Benjamin claims he was contemplating not running again during the last polls, but was encouraged by his constituents to give it another go.<\/p>

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Many persons have complained that Benjamin has done little for the constituents, given the poor roads and other rundown infrastructure that is evident in City South.<\/p>

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But in response, Benjamin claimed that he and the people of that constituency share a bond that can never be broken.<\/p>\n

Burton, meanwhile, is convinced that the constituents, including the business-owners operating in downtown St. John\u2019s, would be better off under his stewardship and that of the UPP.<\/p>

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In a recent interview Burton highlighted the derelict state of a community centre in the Belmont area, where Benjamin lives. It was started in the time of Lenworth Johnson, a former UPP candidate, and Burton says he was prevented from cleaning and completing it.<\/p>\n

Yet, up to now, he points out, it has been left untended and unfinished by MP Benjamin.<\/p>

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Johnson is also credited with having the first proper roads built in the Belmont community during the UPP\u2019s tenure.<\/p>

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