Prime Minister Gaston Browne has indicated that the former Dominica Prime Minister Oliver Seraphine, featured in an Al Jazeera documentary, tried to get his government to make a diplomatic appointment.
Al Jazeera secretly recorded Seraphine trying to broker Dominica diplomatic appointments in exchange for money. Seraphine denies the allegations.
The Antigua leader reveled that the Prime Minister of Dominica from 1979 to 1980 visited him in August at his office.
“Mr (Oliver Seraphine) did come to see me on the 26 of August, the former prime minister of Dominica. I made it abundantly clear to him that first of all, I cannot appoint any diplomat, and secondly we are not interested, Browne said.
“I literally chased him out of my office and that is why Al Jazeera could not have featured me about having any discussion about selling any passport,” he added.
Mr Seraphine was purporting to sell diplomatic appointment to a bogus investor that Al Jazeera created as part of their investigation.
Browne said he was given a letter of introduction to the bogus individual but was not interested.
“I have a policy, that from the time you come to me and say you want this, and you’ll give me this, the conversation ends.”
He said that is why Al Jazeera never featured him in the documentary.
Antigua & Barbuda was featured for about 60 seconds with the government being criticised for taking too long to fire Alex Saad, a former Antigua diplomat who has since been indicted for money laundering.
The prime minister told Pointe FM that he has nothing to do with diplomatic appointments and that is handled by the people responsible for it in government.
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Interesting
Meh ears hear very clearly. The PM is a gift from God to the Nation. Forward Ever!
Proud of Antigua for being transparent about our CIP program.
Really lol cbi or diplomatic passports
But Browne has no ptobkem supporting a PM who has patently broken everu kaw and ethical code in the same respect BTW how was he abke to buy a $600k yauct withon 6mlnths of taking office… How it is his eife ran as a candidate as current head of the OECS. Says nothing if thrse gross allegations of his comrades
Pompey u should shut up and go away you are apart of the problem in this country ….and i could say that to your face.
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You have to excuse him Mr Pompey. Anyway in regards to the braying and barking that you hear..do recall my good man..An empty vessel makes the most noise.
On another note.. I for one always look forward to your comments.
The Prime Minister is an honest, upright man. He is to be commended for such a principled stand. He should have kicked the former Dominica PM right to the curb, threw him out of the country, and put him on a new fly list, banned forever from entering Antigua soil. Thank you Mr. PM. You make Antigua proud.
Wow wow wow but no mention of the Current Prime Minister of Dominica who made Madueke Former Oil Minister of Nigeria a Dominican Ambassador. He made Alireza mon Fared,N G Lap Seng and many others who are in jail or about to enter
Mr Browne steered clear from Criticizing Mr Skeritt
The Foreign Affairs Minister Francine Baron refused to furnish a list of Ambassadors even when requested in Parliament by the Opposition Leader
Are we dealing with a Boy’s Club in the OECS?
One that watches and protects each other’s back?
Did Mr. Brown mentioned anyone’s name? Stop telling people what they should say. Stay in your corner with your obsession of Skerrit and others.
Mr. POMPEY
They are some People in Antigua and Barbuda want to hear and listen to anyone who will speak against our ESTEEM Prime Minister. Mr Pompey You have nothing to worry about. In my opinion you always speak truth to power. I look forward to your continued POSTINGS.
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