{"id":25129,"date":"2019-03-22T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=25129"},"modified":"2019-03-22T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T20:37:02","slug":"minister-and-pm-at-odds-over-global-ports-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/minister-and-pm-at-odds-over-global-ports-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister And PM At Odds Over Global Ports Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister, Gaston Browne called Education Minister, Michael Browne\u2019s concerns over the government\u2019s deal with Global Ports nonsense.<\/p>

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The Education Minister wrote a letter to Cabinet some time ago outlining his concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document was reportedly rejected, and the Minister was asked to give a verbal presentation of his concerns to his colleagues.<\/p>

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\u201cWhen he was actually presenting the paper verbally, we were able to point out, certainly I was chairing the meeting, I said to him that he wasn\u2019t making any sense in the sense that you can\u2019t just look at how much monies, how much revenue Global Ports would be generating and not look at the other hand, the expenses associated with the generation of those sales\u201d, Prime Minster Browne told state media.<\/p>

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\u201cWe allow opinions, diverse opinions to thrive within the Cabinet so I hold no ill will towards him but at the same time I have an obligation to speak to the fact that his document was extremely flawed\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis document suggested that, you know, we were moving away from our core philosophy of empowering the people and we\u2019re selling out. Utter nonsense! First of all, we never sold anything, the port facilities remain in the ownership of the Government and People of Antigua & Barbuda\u201d, the Prime Minister explained.<\/p>

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\u201cAnother area that he spoke about, for example, as I recall, it was an issue of a reverse mortgage. In fact, the analogy was just so inappropriate\u201d, he asserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reality is, the Minister, I mean he is a smart young man, he is a trained mind, obviously and intellectual, but I have to tell you insofar as finance is concerned, he\u2019s an intellectual novice\u201d, Prime Minister Browne concluded.<\/p>

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