{"id":2946,"date":"2017-06-12T22:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T02:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2017-07-23T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T17:35:22","slug":"upp-sees-biggest-crowd-at-black-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-sees-biggest-crowd-at-black-march\/","title":{"rendered":"UPP sees “biggest crowd” at Black March"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The parliamentary opposition United Progressive Party and activist group The Movement have rallied hundreds of residents to march against the Gaston Browne administration, as it observes three years in office today.<\/p>

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Spokesman for the UPP Damani Tabor said the Black March had the \u201cbiggest crowd of all marches we\u2019ve called.\u201d<\/p>\n

One man said he joined the protest through the streets of St. John\u2019s after questioning whether Prime Minister Browne was earning wealth for himself as opposed to the country.<\/p>

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Another male protester told reporters, \u201cthe YIDA project and the Five Islands school that\u2019s up there not open\u201d are among reasons for his participation.<\/p>

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Other participants in the so-called Black March also had concerns about the Chinese investment group, YIDA because \u201cit brings no taxes and no employment for Antiguans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe labour party is a rip-off organization and it must stop,\u201d another man added.<\/p>

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And a woman wearing all black said simply \u201cthe country nah run good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UPP leader Harold Lovell said the march is about sending \u201ca signal to the government.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cI think the turnout is excellent, we have thousands of people here,\u201d Lovell said during a live broadcast of the march.<\/p>

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\u201cThis is a march intended to tell the government we are dissatisfied with the broken promises and nothing is happening in the economy\u2026the economy has gone flat,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Lovell said despite the state of the country the UPP can turn things around.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that the UPP can solve the problem that we have in front of us. We were there for ten years, we\u2019ve learned from our mistakes and we can go forward and correct anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of new ideas that we\u2019ve gathered from talking to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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