CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet spent a few moments to examine the fracas created by the Opposition in Parliament, in the afternoon prior, when the (opposition) members decided against speaking even after the Prime Minister four times showed a readiness to discontinue his wrap-up and to allow an opposition member to proceed.
The Cabinet heaped praises upon the speaker of the house for his restraint and maturity in not seeking the removal of the most vociferous of the objectors.
The cabinet concluded that never in the history of parliament in Antigua and Barbuda has disrespect been shown to the Speaker and the Leader of Government Business in the Lower House.
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GBbehavior in general is unprecedented as well
He lied last year on National TV while in Cabinet and attacked the economic growth presented by our PM said he called and spoke to the ECB and he was told that the PM was lying about the percentage growth so he is again with his animated nonsense .
And that is news????? Is that what passes for a news portal? Why doesn’t ANR co.e clean and tell us that they are the ALP propaganda machine. That is no neutrality in their reporting. They only publish stories intent on embarrassing and splintering the UPP in hopes that ALP will gain an advantage. Who caused the fracas in parliament? It was the ALP. So what does an ALP cabinet seek to gain by discussing their actions in cabinet and to compound it their mouthpiece making a news story that they discussed it in house.
Oh please, cowards, those ministers refusing to defend tax spending.
Spineless dunces. Must get rid of them. Gaston Brown puppets they are.
Wait! Is everytime this government present its budget to parliament to debate is pure confusion? Just last year the government gave the Opposition Members of parliament their copy of the debate bill late the Friday afternoon to debate on the following Monday. The Opposition Members tried to negotiate with the government to give them until the following Thursday to debate the budget but the government was adamant that they will only give them until Tuesday to debate a document with hundreds of pages. That cannot be fair! How can the Opposition Members be able to call around the various government departments to ask questions and to fact check the contents in the bill over the weekend? Now this year the government is forcing the MP’s of the Opposition to speak after the lunch break whilst the Members of Parliament on the Government side who did not speak refuse to speak unless the other side speak first. This prompted the PM to step in and wrap up the debate. All orchestrated by the government side. As far as I know in a debate you have the proposition which will speak first then the Opposition will respond, not the other way around. It’s a shame that the constituents of this country cannot hear how their representatives on the government side intends to spend their money and what plans they have for the new fiscal year. Thereby depriving the Opposition Members the opportunity to criticize and ask questions about the budget. This government always has something up their sleeve to disadvantage the Opposition Members in parliament. Shame! Shame! Shame!
Opposition Partys are under attack in the Caribbean. We have a situation here in the Bahamas wher the mace was thrown out of the House because the speaker would not allow The Leader Micheal Pintard (FNM) to question the Government of the day on the American indictment on Senior High rankings police & defense force officer on drug trafficking. The speaker then suspended the FNM party for two sessions. Democracies views are gone.
The Opposition members declined 4 or 5 different opportunities to speak after the PM’s wrap up started.
I am a bit surprised the “evil” Gaston Browne was so gracious in yielding on more than one occasion.
They Opposition MPs are cowards. Empty vessels, which Trevor adopted as a title on their behalf.
Only after looking back at the tape did I realize just how badminded and cunning Pringle and his crew are.
If they gave a damn about the people of this country, any of the remaining speakers could have arisen and taken up the opportunity to present, ensuring a continued flow of debate as a result. That was not their intention. That is why the refused opportunity after opportunity.
I have never seen such rudeness and total disrespect of the Speaker, parliamentary procedure and the nation at large. Who the hell is today’s UPP to criticize anyone. Oh how the UPP of Baldwin Spencer has fallen!
They wanted things to go exactly as they did and then cry foul. Seems the Puppet thinks victimhood is the road to victory. Good luck with that. Antiguans and Barbudans are not fooled by these dunce Jamale Pringle stunts.
Let’s go to the #Lie_Detector Test.
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