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OBSERVER: While the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is yet to announce its next move since the court recently declared that its candidate for St Peter, Rawdon Turner, was not selected in accordance with the party\u2019s revised constitution, one local attorney has weighed in on a possible way forward.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/em>.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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The current Member of Parliament (MP) for St Peter, Asot Michael has been fighting the ABLP\u2019s plans to replace him as the candidate in the courts.<\/p>\n

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However, attorney at law Colin Derrick believes the ABLP erred when it \u201cignored the specific provisions and the regulations\u201d laid out in its constitution.<\/p>

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He explained that based on its constitution, \u201cthe constituency branch has to hold a meeting for the purposes of nominating a candidate to represent the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party in the St Peter\u2019s constituency.\u201d<\/p>

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He said that it was clear from the judgement that no such meeting was held.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Derrick, who was a minister of government during the United Progressive Party administration, further stated that a person or persons must both be nominated and seconded at this meeting before being sent to the central executive to be vetted for their suitability and approval.<\/p>

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\u201cAt that stage, in my opinion, the central executive can deny that a particular person who has been duly nominated and seconded as not being suitable to represent the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party in the next general elections,\u201d the attorney further explained, noting that the party would have to explain why the nominee was not deemed fit.<\/p>\n

In the event that multiple potential candidates emerge, then there will be the need for a primary.<\/p>

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\u201cIf they had done it that way, I think the executive would have been on stronger grounds in resisting any attempts to say that a person who was nominated was not properly nominated,\u201d Derrick added.<\/p>

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The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruled that the interim injunction will stand until the hearing and determination of this action or until there are fresh actions\/proceedings initiated and conducted in accordance with the Revised Constitution of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.<\/p>\n

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