{"id":113756,"date":"2020-07-19T11:05:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=113756"},"modified":"2020-07-19T11:05:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:05:03","slug":"pm-says-serpent-will-run-on-upp-ticket-in-st-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-serpent-will-run-on-upp-ticket-in-st-george\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Says Serpent Will Run On UPP Ticket In St. George"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If Prime Minister Gaston Browne is correct, popular Talk Show Host Algernon Serpent Watts will be the candidate for the St. George Constituency in the next general election.<\/p>

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Watts has for many years been a thorn in the side of this and previous Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party governments, using his “Snake Pit” as a sounding board to oppose the manner in which the country is being managed.<\/p>\n

Watts has always stayed away from elective politics, insisting over the years that he will never to run on a party ticket, despite calls for him to do so.<\/p>

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However Prime Minister Browne revealed over the weekend that Watts will be the United Progressive Party candidate in St. George, a seat currently held by ABLP incumbent Dean Jonas.<\/p>

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“Now I understand that Serpent is going to be the candidate for St. George, he has been parachuted in.” Browne Pointe FM on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He did not disclose the source of his information but the UPP which has named eight candidates so far has not released the name of Watts for St. George.<\/p>

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The Prime Minister was at the time dismissing the UPP candidates named so far as he continued talk of a possible early election.<\/p>\n

He said even with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic his government will be returned to power.<\/p>

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“When you look at the team that they are putting forward within the UPP as a potential government in waiting, clearly they not serious. Can you imagine a government led by Harold Lovell, a known failure and Alister Thomas another failure.”<\/p>

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