{"id":151688,"date":"2022-05-17T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T18:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=151688"},"modified":"2022-05-17T14:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T18:20:33","slug":"same-old-upp-playbook-with-a-twist-from-upp-chair-isaac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/same-old-upp-playbook-with-a-twist-from-upp-chair-isaac\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Same Old UPP Playbook With A Twist \u2013 From UPP Chair Isaac"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently I penned a letter to your portal in which among other things I sought to indicate to the readers of all political persuasions, the failure of the United Progressive Party (UPP) to win the 2014 and 2018 general elections and the party\u2019s obdurate refusal to accept the political reality that they were soundly beaten by the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP); and, that on both occasions they had been rejected by the electorate after two terms in office.<\/p>\n

On each occasion, they had convinced themselves and their supporters that they lost both elections \u201cbecause the ABLP had bought the elections by widespread bribery of the voters, and the vote of the non-national voters, who they derided as \u2018dem foreigners\u2019.\u201d<\/p>

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Lo and behold, my attention was drawn to an article on ANR that quoted statements attributed to the UPP Chairman D. Gisele Isaac, who stated ,\u201dthat the ABLP has been busy devising ways to buy the upcoming elections\u201d, which she says \u201cwill be about big spending and free concerts in order to win votes\u201d. She further speculated \u201cthat recent trips by PM Browne are to raise funds to \u2018bring out\u2019 the people, especially the youth, some of whom have already been receiving inducements from ABLP operatives.\u201d<\/p>

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Your readers therefore can be excused for concluding that notwithstanding the UPP\u2019s idle boast of winning the elections, it is already sensing defeat, probably as a result of its poor showing on Labour Day and the conspicuous absence of young voters at their march of the Blues. Readers can also conclude that Isaac\u2019s statements are a pre-emptive excuse, when the UPP loses yet again.<\/p>\n

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I would suggest to Chairman Isaac, Party Leader Harold Lovell and the UPP hierarchy and base supporters, that the voting public has grown weary of its noisy talking points, which are completely devoid of policies, some of which are repeated ad nauseam.<\/p>

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