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A number of car dealers have pledged their support to the opposition, as a mark of protest over policies introduced by the Gaston Browne administration since it took office in 2014.<\/p>

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\u201cI can tell you, for example, that our car policy has created some consternation for some of the car dealers,\u201d Browne said Saturday on\u00a0Pointe FM<\/b>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a couple of them, they are literally very bitter towards my government because it seems as though they wanted us to protect them and at the same time to destroy what was an emerging used car industry in this country. Many young Antiguans ended up importing cars and selling them and they wanted us to introduce draconian policies to stop these people from trading in order to protect their business \u2014 we said to them \u2018we can\u2019t do it.\u2019<\/p>

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\u201cI know that one or two of them now they say they\u2019re supporting our political opponents because they want to see the back of us, and our political opponents are giving them undertakings that if they get into office \u2014 which is wishful thinking \u2014 that they\u2019ll reverse the policy,\u201d Browne added.<\/p>

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The Prime Minister said this shows that the ABLP has the best team to run the affairs of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it shows clearly again, when you have these incompetent and these poor individuals who just looking to fill their pockets \u2014 if you make a mistake and put them in government then they get manipulated by those individuals who literally want to protect themselves,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>

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\u201cIn my case, myself and my government we will do always what is in the best interest of the people. Nobody, no businessman in this country, no individual can come and dictate to my government what we should do. No businessman can come and tell us we must change our duty free policy. They can do so, but we\u2019re not going to march to their orders for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy position is, they can bex all they want, we have to protect and empower the ordinary citizens.\u201d<\/p>

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A number of car dealers have pledged their support to the opposition, as a mark of protest over policies introduced by the Gaston Browne administration since it took office in 2014. \u201cI can tell you, for example, that our car policy has created some consternation for some of the car dealers,\u201d Browne said Saturday on\u00a0Pointe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPM Says Opposition Party Made Promise To Car Dealer In Exchange For Office - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM Says Opposition Party Made Promise To Car Dealer In Exchange For Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A number of car dealers have pledged their support to the opposition, as a mark of protest over policies introduced by the Gaston Browne administration since it took office in 2014. \u201cI can tell you, for example, that our car policy has created some consternation for some of the car dealers,\u201d Browne said Saturday on\u00a0Pointe […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-06T15:25:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Used-cars.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"PM Says Opposition Party Made Promise To Car Dealer In Exchange For Office\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-06T15:25:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-06T15:25:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":49,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:800\/h:533\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Used-cars.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-opposition-party-made-promise-to-car-dealer-in-exchange-for-office\/\",\"name\":\"PM Says Opposition Party Made Promise To Car Dealer In Exchange For Office - 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