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Barbadian pollster Peter Wickham believes scandal-hit Asot Michael should step down as an MP.<\/p>\n

The St Peter parliamentary representative already\u00a0resigned from his role as minister of investment and trade<\/a>\u00a0in the wake of\u00a0allegations he was involved in bribery.<\/a><\/p>

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The same scandal is affected St Kitts and Nevis, where the prime minister \u2013 just like Asot Michael \u2013 denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>

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Wickham, speaking on the radio, said that leaving his ministerial post was not enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe it would be wise for him to spend his time doing something else,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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\u201cUltimately he cannot be forced to resign and I don\u2019t think he will. My feeling is that he will remain a member of parliament and he will influence and advance whatever cause he wants to serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, if I was advising him on an individual basis, I will say why not and try another way, another direction to your life. This politics thing is not going anywhere and I cannot see him\u2026 ultimately he wants to get into the cabinet and I think Prime Minister [Gaston] Browne has finished with him.<\/p>

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Last year,\u00a0Michael was arrested<\/a>\u00a0when he flew into London.<\/p>

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