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\u00a0Malaka Parker Rejoins the United Progressive Party, Calls for Renewal and Accountability.<\/strong><\/p>

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Former senator and community activist Malaka Parker has announced her decision to rejoin the United Progressive Party (UPP) after a two-year absence from active politics, citing the need to help rebuild a fractured opposition and to confront what she describes as \u201ca decaying political culture and failed governance under the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur country deserves better – better leadership, better governance, and a renewed sense of national purpose,\u201d Parker said. \u201cThe ABLP\u2019s decade in power has been marked by corruption, arrogance, and the erosion of accountability. What was promised as an economic powerhouse has become an economy plagued by inequality, rising costs, and deepening public frustration. Add to this a society governed by intimidation and subjugation  and a ballooning public sector, emphasizing the failure to diversify and expand the economy. This is not an Antigua and Barbuda we should accept\u201d.<\/p>

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Parker, left the UPP after a bitter internal leadership race in 2016 and co-founded the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) before stepping away from politics. My return to the UPP is driven by conviction, not convenience\u201d, she declared.<\/p>

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\u201cThe UPP remains the most credible vehicle for national renewal,\u201d she stated. \u201cI am returning  to join the real effort torebuild, refocus, and re-energize the movement: to stregthen public confidence and reaffirm that honest, inclusive, people-centred leadership is still possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parker pledged to continue advocating for transparency, equality, and civic empowerment, asserting that she was happy to stand with actorsmin the UPP who have demonstrated their resillience, their integrity and their capacity to govern Antigua and Barbuda in line with the aspirations of the people.<\/p>

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\u201cAntigua and Barbuda stands at a defining moment. It is time to rein in the unruly and the unconsciounable and loudly reject the vulgar disrespect towards you the people. Join me!\u201d<\/p>\n

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