{"id":117548,"date":"2020-09-27T07:36:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T11:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=117548"},"modified":"2020-09-27T07:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T11:38:02","slug":"pm-warns-against-trying-to-separate-antigua-and-barbuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-warns-against-trying-to-separate-antigua-and-barbuda\/","title":{"rendered":"PM warns against trying to separate Antigua and Barbuda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne criticised leaders on Barbuda who are seeking to end the existing relationship between the two islands.<\/p>

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Parliament started debate on what the government termed a \u201cresolution\u2026which will address the virtually treasonous submission by the Barbuda Council to diminish or extinguish the unitary sovereign and democratic state of Antigua and Barbuda\u201d.<\/p>\n

The first step would require legislators to vote in favour of the resolution, which was tabled on Thursday afternoon by Browne, who told Barbuda parliamentary representative, Trevor Walker, that he would not be successful whether or not he voted for the resolution.<\/p>

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Political observers say that before it is allowed to separate from the unitary state, Barbuda would need a two-thirds majority in a referendum. The ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) controls 15 of the 17 seats in Parliament.<\/p>

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