{"id":73888,"date":"2019-10-20T21:40:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=73888"},"modified":"2019-10-20T21:40:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:40:05","slug":"pm-says-lovells-corruption-allegations-fuelled-by-bus-probe-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-says-lovells-corruption-allegations-fuelled-by-bus-probe-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Says Lovell\u2019s Corruption Allegations Fuelled By Bus Probe Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the opposition\u2019s decision to raise stale corruption allegations against him is in direct response to the bus probe case.<\/p>

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Browne said that United Progressive Party leader Harold Lovell is fearful of the case against
\nhimself, Wilmoth Daniel and Dr Jacqui Quinn and has such has reignited a debate of two land transactions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the reason for that is because he is in serious hot water. He is in hot water with the
\nbuses,\u201d Browne told his radio programme on Saturday.<\/p>

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The Prime Minister is alleging that Lovell is so fearful that he has made attempts to settle the
\nmatter. Lovell denies the allegations.<\/p>

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\u201cHe did not get through and on that basis he is trying to sully my name and members of my
\nfamily,\u201d the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

Lovell\u2019s allegations relate to the sale of a parcel of land at Long Bay in which Browne\u2019s son,
\nGaston Browne the third made profits of around two million dollars. The other matter relates
\nto the purchase of land from Cove Head which also includes persons connected to the prime
\nminister.<\/p>

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But Browne is threatening the UPP leader with legal action if any allegation of corruption is
\nmade against him directly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want Harold Lovell to do is state definitively that I did anything wrong so I can take
\nhim to court and get a few hundred dollars off of him,\u201d Browne told radio listeners.<\/p>

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He said the purchase and sale of one acre of land at Long bay was done by his son in his own
\nright as a businessman.<\/p>

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He said when his son bought the property it was being advertised for many years and he
\nreceived a discount on it. Brown<\/p>\n

He said there was \u201cno insider knowledge\u201d that someone was interested in the purchase of that land which his son had just bought.<\/p>\n

Browne is insisting that the allegations are making the rounds again because charges have
\nbeen refiled against the three former UPP minister who allegedly put busses intended for the
\nstate in their own names.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the opposition\u2019s decision to raise stale corruption allegations against him is in direct response to the bus probe case. 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