{"id":18621,"date":"2018-08-10T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=18621"},"modified":"2018-08-10T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T14:23:08","slug":"letter-gastons-offer-of-assistance-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-gastons-offer-of-assistance-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Gaston’s offer of assistance too late"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Editor,<\/p>

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I read in full, a statement on your website, where Prime Minister Gaston Browne has offered assistance to Dominica.<\/p>\n

I view this as an attempt by the country’s leader to insert himself in a messy situation in which Antigua and Barbuda does not belong.<\/p>

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The fact remains that Ross University has already left the island. This was announced last week by Ross and the Dominica Prime Minister Skerrit, who by the way has plunged the country into disaster with his mismanagement.<\/p>

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Gaston’s offer came too late and there is no way Ross is returning to Dominica.<\/p>\n

In any event, his promise to waive certain in-transit\u00a0taxes for Ross students going to Dominica will have no impact at all on the school’s decision.<\/p>

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He also promised to support Dominicans living here but was vague on specifics.<\/p>\n

I have to conclude therefore that Gaston’s offer was simply attention seeking and symbolic since there was never any prospect of Ross returning to Dominica.<\/p>

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So PM,\u00a0mind your damn business and take care of all the students on your scholarship programme who probably won’t get a dime this year because the country broke.<\/p>

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Minding my business.<\/p>\n

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