{"id":13642,"date":"2018-03-21T00:02:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=13642"},"modified":"2018-03-21T00:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T04:02:36","slug":"political-parties-end-campaign-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/political-parties-end-campaign-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Political parties end campaign events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2367759914\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"266328ANU &#8211; ANU- Prepaid_Prepaid Product Banner_1200x400\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-43651843\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"mbs ad\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Prime Minister Gaston Browne says if his Antigua and Barbuda labour Party (ABLP) is returned to office in Wednesday\u2019s general election he will seek to hold talks with the Paris Club as Antigua and Barbuda seeks to address a stock of loans dating back to 40 years.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3140800436\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Browne, speaking at a news conference where he announced that his administration Tuesday repaid fully, the US$117.8 million loan given to the island by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nearly eight years ago, said that it was important for his party to be returned to office so as to ensure that the local economy is not destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the Washington-based financial institution approved the multi-million dollar loan to the Antigua and Barbuda to support the government\u2019s plan to recover from mounting government debt, weak economic growth, and the effects of the economic crisis.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1529233848\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"266328ANU &#8211; ANU- Prepaid_Prepaid Product Banner_1200x400\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-309845611\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194397\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cananewsonline.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Browne-Lovell.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-194397 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cananewsonline.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Browne-Lovell.jpg\" alt=\"Browne Lovell\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister and ABLP leader Gaston Browne (Left) and UPP leader Harold Lovell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last September the country was refused a moratorium on the debt despite the natural disaster that destroyed over 90 per cent of Barbuda and incurred over US$150 million in reconstruction and recovery costs.<\/p><div id=\"antig-463610495\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Prime Minister Gaston Browne, said then that St. John\u2019s had only US$13 million outstanding and two weeks ago, the government made a payment of eight million US dollars to the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave instructions\u2026to the Ministry of Finance to liquidate the IMF loan on Tuesday. We are paying it off in full,\u201d he said.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1838214486\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is to the credit of my government that we have been able to pay out over EC$300 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) a year in principle and interest payments without collapsing the economy and the fact that we have grown the economy consistently by five per cent per annum over the last three and three quarter years would have meant that we have really created an equilibrium within the economic system that clearly would have created enough cash flow to meet our obligations while at the same time growing the economy<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerally speaking governments struggle to create that equilibrium much less to sustain it and that\u2019s why it would make sense to maintain the present government because if you destroy that economic equilibrium I can guarantee you that the gains we have made during the last three and three quarter years will be reversed and we may find ourselves\u2026where you will have a collapse economy, people losing their homes, cars, businesses being destroyed,\u201d Browne told reporters.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3699298889\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But in an immediate response, the leader of the main opposition United progressive Party (UPP), Harold Lovell, a former finance minister, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that Browne\u2019s argument \u201cis a complete falsehood.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2987241113\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"266328ANU &#8211; ANU- Prepaid_Prepaid Product Banner_1200x400\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/266328ANU-ANU-Prepaid_Prepaid-Product-Banner_1200x400.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is a misguided view based on a false premise. During our term we experienced what is regarded as the worst global crisis known to mankind. During that period not only did we, as a tourism dependent country suffer a significant downturn in the tourism numbers but we also had the crash of (Allen) Stanford (the US billionaire now serving life imprisonment in the United states for operating\u00a0 a Ponzi scheme).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovell, who is leading the UPP into a general election for the first time, said that Stanford was the country\u2019s largest private sector employer and \u201cthat very few countries would survive with their largest private sector employer going out of business literally overnight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lovel also said the island suffered as a result of the crash of British American Insurance Company (BAICO), whose parent company, the Trinidad-based C L Financial had to receive billions of dollars in a bailout package by the Port of Spain government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritish American held annuities valued at EC$288 million, Stanford impact on our economy was the equivalent of EC$454 million\u2026but we were able to emerge in 2012 with the highest growth rate in the entire OECS,\u201d Lovell added.<\/p>\n<p>Browne told reporters that Antigua and Barbuda still has a \u201cblock of loans\u201d the amount of which he did not disclose, that it has to address in the future.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Paris Club loans that have been delinquent for over 40 years, \u201cso in the new term we intend to engage the Paris Club with the hope that they can write off a part of the principle, at least some of the interest, if not all of it<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been resisting it but I think it is untenable for them to hold us responsible for 40 years of interest and we have been negotiating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris Club is an informal group of creditor nations that try to find appropriate solutions for payment problems experienced by countries that owe them money.<\/p>\n<p>Browne said he has already indicated to the Paris Club that \u201cwe have nothing to lose (and) we expect them to cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I don\u2019t see how we are going to prioritise paying those debts because when you prioritise these debts what it does it means you have less money to deal with your domestic obligations, less monies to pay salaries and wages\u2026less money for infrastructure, less money for health care and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing I am going to do is allow any international organisation to burden us down with debt payment and to renegade on our domestic obligations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Browne said it was necessarily important for citizens here to \u201cprotect the gains that we have made over the last three and three quarter years.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Browne called the general election more than a year ahead of the constitutional deadline saying he wanted to protect incoming projects valued at billions of dollars. But Lovell has insisted that the government had no choice but to face the electorate early because of the level of corruption and mismanagement of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2014 general election, the ABLP won 14 of the 17 seats with the remainder going to the UPP.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-278603999\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Gaston Browne says if his Antigua and Barbuda labour Party (ABLP) is returned to office in Wednesday\u2019s general election he will seek to hold talks with the Paris Club as Antigua and Barbuda seeks to address a stock of loans dating back to 40 years. 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