{"id":12761,"date":"2018-02-22T16:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=12761"},"modified":"2018-02-22T20:30:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T00:30:20","slug":"baldwin-spencer-says-farewell-to-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/baldwin-spencer-says-farewell-to-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Baldwin Spencer says farewell to politics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s announcement of the Dissolution of Parliament today,\u00a0the Leader of the Opposition, Baldwin Spencer, used the opportunity to say goodbye to the House and active politics.<\/p>

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Spencer had already announced his retirement from active politics following his party’s defeat in the 2014 polls and said before that he would not be a candidate in any future election.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am completely humbled by the experience here,\u201d Spencer said in his final address in the House.<\/p>

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Spencer added that he believes that he is leaving politics after he would have made \u201csignificant contributions\u201d to the nation.<\/p>

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\u201cI have tried my best, both in and out of government to make a difference and I think the time has come to exit,\u201d the former United Progressive Party leader added.<\/p>\n

Spencer was the nation’s Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014 and has served the constituency of St John’s Rural West since 1989.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne in responding to Spencer said they have always admired each other.<\/p>\n

He said himself and Spencer came from similar backgrounds “and there was mutual respect notwithstanding what may have been said politically.”<\/p>

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