{"id":19824,"date":"2018-09-11T20:29:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=19824"},"modified":"2018-09-11T20:29:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:29:20","slug":"opposition-leader-says-to-put-more-issues-on-the-referendum-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/opposition-leader-says-to-put-more-issues-on-the-referendum-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader says to put more issues on the referendum ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Opposition Leader Jamal Pringle today made his party’s position on the upcoming referendum clear.<\/p>

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Jamal Pringle told debate on the Antigua Barbuda Constitutional Amendment Bill 2018 that his party won’t support the CCJ if it is the sole item on the ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My party\u2019s position,\u00a0Mr.<\/g> Speaker, is that this single issue referendum is one needs to change,” Pringle told the Lower House.<\/p>

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“We need to put more issues on the ballot to show people we are moving towards full constitutional reform,” he said.<\/p>

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The Leader of the Opposition is arguing that “the majority of our electorate still do not understand what it is they are asked to vote for.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the education effort for the CCJ is sending mixed signals.<\/p>

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In pointing out the apparent contradiction<\/g>\u00a0with the process, Pringle said: “On the other hand, you tell me to support our Caribbean brothers and sister in terms of judges and on the other hand you are telling me that we should continue to pledge our alliance to the Queen.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mr speaker, unless they address the issue of the single issue referendum we will not support a single issue referendum. We have no problem with the CCJspeakerbut there are other issues that we need to address,” he said.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda will hold its first referendum on November 6, 2018.<\/p>

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