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The United Progressive Party (UPP) leader, Harold Lovell, said the party was taking the Prime Minister\u2019s hints of early elections seriously.<\/p>

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\u201cOur candidates have been out there. We have announced all 16 candidates for Antigua and Barbuda. So, as far as our state of preparedness is concerned, yes, we are ready, and yes, we are taking him seriously,\u201d Lovell told state media.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne seemingly caught the UPP off-guard in 2018 when he called the elections 15 months before it was constitutionally due.<\/p>

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The UPP only managed to win one seat in the poll.<\/p>

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Last week, the ABLP administration instructed the Electoral Commission to purchase ballots and put everything in place\u00a0for general elections .<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, Browne revealed that the ABLP would hold a convention to ratify its election candidates later this year.<\/p>

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Elections in Antigua and Barbuda are not constitutionally due until March 2023.<\/p>\n

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