{"id":24476,"date":"2019-02-24T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=24476"},"modified":"2019-02-26T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:21:28","slug":"lovell-returned-as-upp-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-returned-as-upp-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovell Returned As UPP Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United Progressive Party has kept faith with its leader Harold Lovell, electing him overwhelmingly to continue to lead the country’s main opposition party.<\/p>

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Lovell was elected with 245 votes while his closest opponent Senator Richard Lewis was only able to muster 63 votes at the party’s convention today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The run-up to the party’s internal election has been controversial and threatened to further destabilise the party which was already hit with a nasty leadership contest when Joanne Massiah sought the party leadership.<\/p>

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Lewis and Lovell have been at loggerheads after Lewis accused Lovell of re-entering the leadership race after he named him as successor apparent.<\/p>

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Several publications by Lewis highlighted the level of discord between the two men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Lovell and Lewis lost their bids in the 2018 general elections.<\/p>

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The UPP elected a new Executive at its 11th Biennial Convention over the weekend. The following members were elected to form the new Executive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Harold Lovell – Political Leader\u00a0
2. Jamale Pringle – Appointed Deputy Political Leader
3. Dame D. Gisele Isaac – Chairman\u00a0
4. Chester Hughes – Vice Chairman\u00a0
5. Senator Shawn Nicholas – Secretary\u00a0
6. Ayanna Baptiste – Assistant Secretary\u00a0
7. Dr. George Daniel – Treasurer
8. Leon George – Assistant Treasurer
9. Cortwright Marshall – Public Relations Officer
10. Collin Isaac – Labour Relations Officer
11. Senator Jonathan Joseph – Education Officer
12. Chris Jarvis – Elections Officer
13. Ralston Paige – Field Officer
14. Gladdis Potter – Welfare Officer
15. George Wehner – Mobilization Officer
16. Pearl Quinn-Williams – Member
17. Dr. Edmond Mansour – Member
18. Rudolph Davis – Member\u00a0
19. Valerie Hodge – Member
20. Leon Chaku Symister – Member\u00a0
21. Etienne Charles – Member\u00a0
22. Gregory Walter – Member\u00a0
23. Michael Burton – Member\u00a0
24. Gene Small – Member\u00a0
25. Charlesworth Tabor – Member
26. Senator Richard Lewis – Member\u00a0
27. Senator Damani Tabor – Member <\/p>

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