{"id":197630,"date":"2024-03-27T10:47:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=197630"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:49:08","slug":"letter-a-upp-jumbie-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-a-upp-jumbie-jamboree\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: A UPP Jumbie Jamboree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Editor,<\/p>

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The UPP celebration of Baldwin Spencer was a Jumbie Jamboree, celebrating failure, incompetence and mismanagement.<\/p>\n

It was a Jumbie Jamboree because it was based in illusion, fantasy and fiction.\u00a0 None of what they celebrated occurred and no accolade was deserved.<\/p>

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Ten years of the UPP left Antugua and Barbuda financially bankrupt, hugely indebted, no progress in housing, education or health, highest unemployment since the 1930\u2019s, no investor confidence in the country.<\/p>

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It was leadership into the wilderness, into hopelessness, and into a colossal mess.\u00a0 No false claims and self-serving celebrations will change the harsh reality of the UPP\u2019s incompetent governance.<\/p>\n

In fact, this Jumbie Jamboree was just devised and developed by Richard Lewis to promote his leadership bid in the UPP.<\/p>

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Did everyone notice that poor Pringle was not in any of the photographs of the official published photos?<\/p>\n

So, Baldwin was so great, that suddenly and out of the blue, the UPP remembered to honour him. When he retired there was no fanfare, no official retirement function.<\/p>

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Mr. Spencer should not have allowed himself to be used in this manner. After all, even though his tenure was a disaster for the country, he was still a 2 term Prime Minister and the office must be respected.<\/p>

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This Jumbie Jamboree was not so much about Spencer but more about the disrespect shown to Opposition Leader Jamal Pringle.<\/p>\n

He is now learning the hard way how the UPP uses people and then spits them out.<\/p>\n

Warner<\/p>\n

The views expressed in the following opinion piece are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of ANR or its editorial team. ANR provides a platform for diverse perspectives and opinions, and we encourage readers to engage critically and thoughtfully with the content published.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dear Editor, The UPP celebration of Baldwin Spencer was a Jumbie Jamboree, celebrating failure, incompetence and mismanagement. It was a Jumbie Jamboree because it was based in illusion, fantasy and fiction.\u00a0 None of what they celebrated occurred and no accolade was deserved. 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