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ASSOCIATED PRESS:<\/strong>\u00a0Prime Minister Gaston Browne has sought to downplay opposition concerns over remarks he made regarding the persons being evacuated from St Vincent and the Grenadines, where the erupting La Soufri\u00e9re volcano has resulted in several people being evacuated to neighbouring Caribbean islands.<\/p>

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Browne said that the statement he made in which he urged his St Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, to send pretty \u2018Vincie\u2019 women, was merely a light banter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs usual, the UPP (United Progressive Party) opportunists and propagandists who are seeking relevance clearly are accentuating an exchange of levity on social media; something that is of absolutely no consequence.<\/p>

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\u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019ll be accommodating hundreds of Vincentians, young, old, male, female, but these UPP people are uncontrollably embittered, and they evidently need to get a life,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>

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The Women\u2019s Forum of the UPP (UPP-WF) issued a statement on Sunday, saying that it \u201cstrongly condemns the Facebook remarks made by Prime Minister Gaston Browne regarding the women of St Vincent & The Grenadines\u201d.<\/p>\n

The UPP Women\u2019s Forum said it considers the statements to be \u201cvulgar, demeaning, sexist, and inappropriate\u201d.<\/p>

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The opposition group said that but more importantly, \u201cat a time like this, when the people of that nation are vulnerable, anxious, in peril, and are likely to be displaced, the prime minister\u2019s comments are inexcusable.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Browne\u2019s words were neither funny nor light-hearted, and we are disgusted that the head of government would behave in this manner,\u201d the release said, noting that \u201cthe Women\u2019s Forum views his statements as predatory and an encouragement of the men of our nation to see women as \u2018prey\u2019 and as sex objects.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cWere the situation reversed, with Antiguans and Barbudans invited to accept refuge elsewhere, would we not want to be assured of a haven that is safe and honourably intended?\u201d<\/p>

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The UPP-WF said it was therefore urging residents, including religious and civil society leaders, \u201cto condemn the prime minister\u2019s remarks and actions that might result from them, since they set an un-Christian and dangerous example\u201d.<\/p>\n

Browne reiterated that the opposition remains \u201cuncontrollably embittered by the failures and, frankly speaking, need to get a life,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthis press release is just inconsequential and totally irrelevant\u201d.<\/p>\n

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