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Cabinet discussed the recently concluded by-election held in the St. Mary\u2019s South constituency, where the United Progressive Party\u2019s Kelvin Simon emerged victorious.<\/p>

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The Cabinet extends its congratulation to Mr. Simon on his victory at the polls.<\/p>\n

It also reaffirmed the position that persons seeking to be elected to the nation\u2019s Parliament ought to do so in accordance with the law, as this was the main contention with the manner in which Mr. Simon contested the General Elections on 18th<\/sup> January 2023, having been nominated while still a Civil Servant.<\/p>

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Cabinet discussed the recently concluded by-election held in the St. Mary\u2019s South constituency, where the United Progressive Party\u2019s Kelvin Simon emerged victorious. The Cabinet extends its congratulation to Mr. Simon on his victory at the polls. It also reaffirmed the position that persons seeking to be elected to the nation\u2019s Parliament ought to do so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":183688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCabinet congratulates Shugy - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-congratulates-shugy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cabinet congratulates Shugy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cabinet discussed the recently concluded by-election held in the St. Mary\u2019s South constituency, where the United Progressive Party\u2019s Kelvin Simon emerged victorious. 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