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United Progressive Party leader Harold Lovell has called on his political opponent Melford Nicholas for answers.<\/p>

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Lovell’s question is in relation to a branch office constructed in City East.<\/p>\n

The UPP leader wants to know whether any materials used in the construction of that office came from Barbuda.<\/p>

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He wants to know whether materials intended for the reconstruction efforts following hurricane Irma in 2017, was used on the construction.<\/p>

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“I am asking him to stand up and to give an answer unequivocally.”<\/p>\n

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United Progressive Party leader Harold Lovell has called on his political opponent Melford Nicholas for answers. Lovell’s question is in relation to a branch office constructed in City East. The UPP leader wants to know whether any materials used in the construction of that office came from Barbuda. 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