{"id":13644,"date":"2018-03-21T10:36:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=13644"},"modified":"2018-03-21T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:36:43","slug":"antiguans-and-barbudans-voting-for-a-new-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antiguans-and-barbudans-voting-for-a-new-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiguans and Barbudans voting for a new government"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voters here country are casting ballots Wednesday for a new government in a general election that Prime Minister Gaston Browne called more than a year ahead of the constitutional deadline.<\/p>

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While there are seven political parties and five independents vying for control of the 17-seat Parliament, political observers say the contest is a straight fight between the ruling Antigua and Barbuda labour Party (ABLP) and the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP).<\/p>\n

\"ball\"<\/a>Prime Minister Browne is asking the electorate to continue with the policies of his administration, while the UPP, which is headed by former finance minister Harold Lovell has accused the government of mismanagement.<\/p>

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In the last general election, the ABLP, which is contesting all the constituencies, won 14 seats, while the UPP, which is contesting 16 seats in the general election, won the remaining three seats.<\/p>

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More than 50,000 people are eligible to cast ballots in the election with the estimated 168 polling stations opening at 6.00 am (local time) and closing 12 hours later.<\/p>\n

Voters from the sister isle of Barbuda will for the first time be casting their ballots on Antigua after the High Court dismissed as premature, an application by the lone candidate of the Barbuda People\u2019s Movement (BPM), Trevor Walker, contesting the decision by the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) to have the residents vote here following the destruction to Barbuda by Hurricane Irma last September.<\/p>

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In a statement on its Facebook page, ABEC urged all voters in the two islands to go out and \u201cmake your choice, cast your ballot and be safe\u201d.<\/p>\n

The polls are being monitored by observer teams from the CARICOM, the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Commonwealth.<\/p>

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