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The Barbuda Council Responds to Solicitor General’s Letter attempting to Circumvent the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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The Barbuda Council represents the people of Barbuda who are the owners of the lands of Barbuda.<\/p>\n

The ongoing plan of the Gaston Browne Administration to use the Land Adjudication Act and other laws that do not supersede the Local Government Act to unilaterally register and sell the People’s land will not be accepted or allowed.<\/p>

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The Barbuda Local Government Act (1976) as amended and entrenched in the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda empowers the Barbuda Council with responsibility to Administer the island of Barbuda.<\/p>

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Barbuda’s Lands are NOT for Sale<\/p>\n

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