Several government MPs walked out of the Lower House moments ago, joined by members of the public in the gallery.
They were protesting remarks by Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle, who began delivering a scathing review of Sir Molwyn Joseph, who is retiring from active politics after 38 years.
Pringle said he would not be gracious to Sir Molwyn, the current MP for St. Mary’s North, citing how the veteran politician had treated him in Parliament.
The opposition leader said Sir Molwyn’s tenure was marked by controversy and incompetence.
Members of Parliament on both sides of the political aisle were at the time paying tribute to Joseph, newly installed MP Randy Baltimore, and the late MP Eustace “Teco” Lake.
While Pringle gave a glowing tribute to Lake and briefly welcomed Baltimore, he was not too kind to the senior MP.
Pringle told the Lower House that Sir Molwyn presided over a deteriorating health sector and a constituency in neglect.
At least five MPs joined members of the public in walking out in protest. They returned once Pringle took his seat.
Opposition MP Richard Lewis praised Joseph for his contributions over his 38 years, while Barbuda MP Trevor Walker described Sir Molwyn as one of the best debaters in the Lower House.
Pringle said it was not all positive and urged the House to be honest in its assessment of Joseph.
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That’s not breaking news… “THE TRUTH HURTS “… good riddance…
A display of who can’t handle the truth?
Absolute juvenile behaviour from Parliamentarians who should no better. I recently watched a right wing party in the UK do a similar walkout, and they were rightly vilified by the other Members of Parliament in attendance.
Murder and mayhem is currently gripping Antigua, and these sensitive out of touch – and hardened -reprobates are troubled by a few words???
Can someone please make sense of what’s going on in the country that I love and adore, because I can’t…
Isn’t Sir MoleWYN the very same man who lifted the Rolls-Royce over the port fence?
Isn’t he the same one who said he was a micromanager?
Isn’t he the same one who months before Lionel Michael turned 60 years got rid of him?
Is t he the same one you was quick to see the back of Shaq as the leader technician at MSJMC?
Is he not the same one who oversee the closure of the All Saints Clinic for over a thousand days before one grain of sand was disturbed?
Is he not the one who ended the night clinics at Grays Farm?
Wasn’t it under the watch of Sir MoleWYN that several other clinics were deteriorated to closure?
Let us stop use the parliamentary halls as a place to breed, nurture and grow hypocrisy.
There is nothing wrong with what Pringle did.
He spoke truth to power.
We must stop cannonizing devils.
Let parliament be the place where truth is preached
Leadership Matters indeed. PISS POOR CONDUCT in the part of Pringle.
He NOT READY.
LOL ANIMAL FARM!!!!
we use to see opposition walk out but never government. the same people who walk out saying so many bad things about Molwyn behind his back. watch them walk out lol…humans are a special kind of species
the casket float up, hospital in a total mess especially EMERGENCY AND LABOR AND DELIVERY DEATH NURSES NOT HAPPY TO DO AFRICAN TRAINING ALREADY SHORT STAFF, CLINIC OLD SOME CLOSE look get rid of the old man Joseph he lack leadership and accountability is time PM
I can’t be upset at MP Pringle for this, MP Molwyn Joseph was what I considered rude to me and lazy. Telling me to define victims. You don’t know the definition of victims for you to have to ask me the definition when I simply wanted a letter stating he supports victim services and advocacy and considers it to be nationally important and of substantial merit. You can’t simply support victim advocacy?
So, to me, MP Pringle is right about speaking the truth, if what he said were all truth.
Molwyn looks similar to count Dracula🤔
What is going on here?
Why, he look like that?
He need some blood or what?
Wickedness is what it is…
Better believe…
His sins are ducking him dry!
Btw.. are you giving up the electric car???
Wickedness set ah people..
Molwyn… bye 👋
Suckling **
Go for the jugular Panther! It ain’t time to be suave. Tell the People the truth about ABLP. Let them know how much of a backstabbing cult they are citing Asot and how be built ABLP before he was kicked to the curb. Let the people know how they have thrashed our culture. Let the People know once there is a thorough forensic investigations into Public Works, the vehicle scandal and the haphazard road works and those found culpable will not be spared the wrath of justice as was the case with the Lindquist Inquiry.
The Alfa Nero court cases are haunting them. Stick it to them.
You got weapons Panther start letting them off.
The truth hurts
Look, I cant , I just cannot. The truth was told TODAY!
BlackPanther I am relieved that you took the opportunity to call a ‘spade a spade’ and not ‘dress up a joker’ like richard lewis was doing
That man called molwyn has caused the stymying of many programmes because he can’t get his way. If someone challenges him, they are in the doghouse indefinitely. And many times, persons don’t even know how they end up in the doghouse because a narrative is created behind their back, and they cannot defend themselves.
WE SALUTE YOU JAMAL!!!!
LMAO. What goes around comes around
Did Mr Joseph think people actually liked him, please . . I don’t even think he liked him
When you are on the way up, be considerate of others, so on the way down, they don’t kick you in your rear
The ALP Goons were the ones who started the walkout on the degenerated Rolls Royce snatcher. They unceremoniously dumped him for a bottom-of-the-barrel, flip-floping judas whom they claim is lazy and out of touch with conventional medicine. They even labeled him a Communist Offshoot. I hope the constituents in St. Mary’s North with kick him just as hard as the ALP kicked the old albatross. They will all have their walk of shame. Lester Bird had his on a sunny independence day ceremony. Today belongs to the Viagra Man.
Jamal Pringle of all people should not talk when he min try for teif land not too long ago. The same man who hab UPP a drag bout because he cant lead flies to sh*t let alone an opposition.
Pringle ain’t no black panther… He is a dirty rat! UPP need to drop kick this looser and DGI I am sick of dem. Joanne PLEASE come back jack and run a proper opposition campaign. Me weary flog dead horse.
WHAT THE HELL…! …HIS MAJESTY’S LEADER OF THE LOYAL OPPOSITION: …WOULD NOT BE GRACIOUS…? …IDIOTIC: …INHOSPITABLE: …STUPID AND RECKLESS
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Well, not here to teach:
(a) ‘…INTELLECT: or
(b) …VIRTUE.”
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PUT THIS WAY:
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: through
(a) …THE ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND THE PEOPLE: and
(b) …DULY RECOGNIZED: by
(c) ‘…HIS MAJESTY, THE KING: through
(d) …HIS REPRESENTATIVE, THE GOVERNOR GENERAL: to
(e) …THE DISTINGUISHED LEADER: of
(f) …HIS MAJESTY’S LOYAL OPPOSITION:’ and
(g) …HE WOULD NOT BE GRACIOUS TO SIR MOLWYN…’ [Paragraph 3].
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NOW GIVEN THE OCCASION:
THE MEMBER SHOWED:
(a) ‘…NO LOYALTY TO HIS MAJESTY:
(b) …NO RESPECT FOR THE GG:
(c) …NO CLASS:
(d) …NO ETIQUETTE:
(e) …NO SENSE OF ‘PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP:
(f) …NO REGARD FOR PARLIAMENTARY PROTOCOLS: and
(g) …NO REGARD TO COLLEAGUES.’
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THAT WHICH MIGHT BE SAID, HE HAD: inter alia
(i) ‘…MEDIOCRITY:
(ii) …INCIVILITY:
(iii) …INSENSITIVITY:
(iv) …IDIOCY: and
(v) …SHEER STUPIDITY.’
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SERIOUS INFERIORITY COMPLEX:
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FROM THE LITTLE RETAINED FROM INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT:
(a) ‘…FIRSTLY, BY ‘…SIR WRIGHT FITZGERALD GEORGE KGN: MVO: QPM, CPM:
(b) …THE KINGS’, PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVE: seemed
(c) …TO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING: from
(d) …A SERIOUS INFERIORITY COMPLEX.”
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE UNDER THE ‘SUN,’ FOR ‘…EVERYTHING.’
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SPEAKER: WEAK AS TRASH;
THE DARN ‘…SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE,’ SEEMED AS WEAK AS ‘…TRASH.’
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THANKS TO:
(i) ‘…THE ‘…FEARLESS, CASFOR MURRAY (RIP): and
(ii) …DAME BRIDGET HARRIS.’
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WHY?
THE BOTH WOULD: have
(i) ‘…IMMEDIATELY INTERVENED:
(ii) …CALLED UPON MEMBER TO REFRAIN:
(iii) …IF INSISTED:
(iv) …ORDERED MEMBER TO EXIT THE PARLIAMENTARY CHAMBERS:
(v) …IF REFUSED: then
(vi) …CALLED UPON ‘ME: yes ‘…ME, ‘…THE SERGEANT -AT-ARMS: to
(vii) …ESCORT THE UNRULY MEMBER FROM THE CHAMBERS.’
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FORCES TO BACK UP THE ‘SERGEANT-AT-ARMS (Police have absolutely no authority in Parliament): UNMANAGEABLE:
THEN HER MAJESTY’S ARMED FORCES: namely
(a) ‘…THE ARMY:
(b) …NAVY: and
(c) …THE AIR FORCE.’
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FIRST, HOWEVER, TO BE CALLED UPON, WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ‘…HANDFULL OF DEFENCE FORCE SOLDIERS.’
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NO OPPORTUNITY CAME, ‘…SO TO DO.’
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WALK GOOD.
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Mr Pringle should have thrashed even robin yearwood too who was worse, but I guess as it is with all black antiguan they are scared of white people, so they tip toe around them, but molwyn is black so he would ha e got it immediately, but don’t get me wrong, the opposition did the right thing now that he seeing that this could be his epitaph in parliament, and that he should have utilized evey moment in parliament in this ferocity he is now displaying, Pringle all the years you should a dey a bang them.
So everything that the Labor part says about Pringle is truth, but when the truth lick you all backside, you walk out? 😂
Bunch a spineless weaklings.
They were so spoiled over the years, that they can’t take the truth..this government heep praise on its members, even though the country has gone to shits..
Criminals run this island, even the ones in high places.. let me see what praise they heep on the joker Cutie when his day is up? 😂
Bunch a criminals.
It’s just a matter of time.that.ALL Antiguans will see and feel the.same.as red and blue……….The time is coming that the same people that praise and support the ablp with their stupidity will suffer just like anyone else in the country…………..Antigua is no way better than in the eighties, the country is getting poorer and poorer, not an advance country…..
TIME IS COMING, LETS.ALL WAIT
Pringle was just playing to.his controller. She holds his chain and eouod nit allow hom to speak his heart. Laming who has rebuffed pringles conttoller, will teach him some lessons
I don’t see any neutral members of the public leaving, what i saw was the comrades in red running like cock roaches when the lights are turned on in their house
Pompey goh rest u pompous rASS! Now bray back lakkah any educated jackASS.
Wey king and pedophile vampire family loyal and royal to? Gambling dey a casino royale wid tiefing slavery money?
Wey fu U respect den wen U drunk and cuss U former colleagues?
Parliament exists to give voice to the people through their democratically elected representatives—not to silence them to protect unelected symbols of colonial authority. The Honourable Opposition Leader was doing exactly what he was elected to do: speak on behalf of the people. Any attempt to reprimand or intimidate him for exercising that responsibility is a direct affront to democracy itself.
Mr. Pompey must be reminded—plainly and without apology—that neither nor the Governor General is elected by the people of this country. They are relics of a colonial order that has no moral authority over a modern Caribbean nation determined to define its own identity and future. Demanding unquestioned reverence for such institutions is not patriotism; it is submission to a past our people have struggled for generations to overcome.
Let us speak honestly about the “throne” Mr. Pompey insists must be respected. It is the very throne under which our ancestors were enslaved, displaced, exploited, and stripped of their humanity. It represents a system that engineered one of the greatest crimes ever committed against mankind. Attempting to weaponize that throne today as a tool to silence legitimate democratic expression is not only offensive—it is shameful and completely unacceptable.
Even more disturbing is the Speaker’s glaring and indefensible double standard. When the Prime Minister told his wife in Parliament to “shut her “F$$$$$$ mouth” during the motor vehicle scandal, where was the Speaker’s authority then? Where was the order to remove him from the chamber? Where was the outrage from those now pretending to defend parliamentary dignity? There was none. That silence exposed exactly what many already suspected: the rules are enforced selectively and conveniently.
The Speaker has demonstrated no independence, no courage, and no commitment to fairness. Instead of protecting the integrity of Parliament, he has allowed it to be reduced to a space where government members behave with impunity while the Opposition is targeted for doing its job. That is not impartial leadership—it is institutional failure.
The people of this country deserve a Speaker who defends democracy, not one who shields power. They deserve fairness, consistency, and courage—not selective enforcement, intimidation, and silence when it matters most.
Comment of the week @Wadadli4ever … 👏🏾
WHAT THE HELL…! @BRAY POMPEY BRAY: … SOME ‘JACKASSES DO NOT KNOW: …POMPEY HIDES NOT BEHIND ‘…PSEUDONYMNS’
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THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS SOME ‘…JACK DONKEY’ DO NOT KNOW:
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(i) ‘…POMPEY IS NOT A POLITICIAN:
(ii) …CARES NOT ABOUT POLITICS:
(iii) …SPEAKS NOT TO POLITICS:
(iv) …WRITES NOT ABOUT POLITICS: and
(v) …BESEECH NOT POLITICIANS.’
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ALWAYS A ‘…FREE AGENT’:
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THREE THINGS ‘POMPEY’ KNOWS
‘…AS A FORMER ‘…SERGEANT-AT-ARMS AT THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT,’
(i) ‘…HAVE NEVER SEEN A ‘…JACKASS’ IN THE CHAMBERS DURING THAT TENURE:
(ii)…UNTIL TONIGHT, NEVER MET A ‘…REAL JACKASS AT ‘ANR:
(iii) …DELIGHTED READING SOME ‘…JACKASS COMMENTS’ AS THIS ONE:
(iv) …FEARLESSLY RESPONDED WHEN SO CONSIDERED.’
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WHY?
(v) …SOME IDIOTIC NUMBSKULLS, AS IN THIS ‘…SPECIAL CASE:’ cannot
(vii) …TEACH ‘…RAWLSTON POMPEY’ ANYTHING PARLIAMENTARY: neither
(viii) …PROCEDURE: nor
(b) …PROTOCOL.’
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THE ‘…JACKASSES THAT ‘…BRAY AT ‘ANR’ AND/OR ELSEWHERE, WITHIN THE NATION, HAVE NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM TO RAWLSTON POMPEY.’
MORE OF A DELIGHT IN RESPONDING: to
(a) ‘…THEIR ‘…IMMATURITY: and
(b) …THEIR STUPIDITY AND WANT OF KNOWLEDGE.’
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IDIOTIC JACK DONKEY
THAT WHICH SHALL NOW BE BOLDY SAID TO THIS ‘…IDIOTIC JACK DONKEY,’- ‘…SCRAM.’
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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WALK GOOD. …TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING.
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