LETTER: UPP Is Not Worthy Of My Vote

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Dear Editor,
Sometime ago, I posted on your portal that I was on the fence wondering which political party will be the best to govern our beautiful twin island state after our 2023 election.

Having high hope’s that DNA would be the right choice, I will admit that I was extremely disappointed with some of their candidates at their launch. At the same time, I think that DNA has not branded themselves enough to make them fit to be in the race for upcoming elections.

On the other hand, ABLP seems to have done quite a bit for this country.  They have empowered the young and old by raising their standard of living and simultaneously won the respect & hearts of many investors & world class leaders. Ofcourse, I will say that there are still some areas of weaknesses that need strengthening and perhaps will be remedied in due time.

UPP, in my view, seems to be disillusioned..  Governing a country requires proper representation.  The educational background & reputation of the candidates is of serious concern. They have not brought any standard to table.

I am certainly convince that UPP is not ready to manage the affairs of this country…  They have not shown any new ideas that can take this country to another level. Their proposed programs & policies  are (a) piggybacking on the Labour Party’s ideas and programs & (b) They focus on giving handouts rather than empowering the residents & citizens.

Again, the Chinese proverb states ” Give a man a fish he has food for a day… Teach a man to fish, he is empowered to have food for life.

Looking at UPP’s track record which I listed below even scares the day light out of me;

1. Their intention to sell our local assets State insurance & PCS & the selling of Royal Antiguan for nothing much.

2. The Laying off of employees at the Port

3. Best teachers left the system causing the education system to deteriorate

4. Dropped the common entrance passing grades causing students to be weak

5. Remove the hierchy of the police force which caused heinous crimes to be committed  daily

6. Showed no love towards our Caricom bro & Sis. Describing them as PAUPERS etc

7. Left MSJC unintended as a white elephant. until it was force to open by the ICC to host world cup.

8. Threatened Gray’s Farm people with high powered guns just to demolish Knuckle Block

9. Attempted to close ZDK & Cable TV thus causing persons to lose jobs. Judge requested to reinstate establishments immediately.

10. DISRESPECTED our elderly and called them RAG TAGS.

11. Allowed some pensioners to die without getting their pension owed to them.

12.Did not maintain Tango, a water source, causing it to become abandoned.

13. Owed Sempcorp several millions of dollars

14. Over spent on the roads aroundthe Vivian Richards stadium.

15. Allowed 3 wheel scooters received from India left to rot & deteriorate at Holberton

16. Waisted millions of dollars to create Jelly bean roads and incomplete gutters in St Johns causing severe flooding

17 Built an unfinished car park and deprived students etc of green space to recreate.

18. Left bathroom at Golden Grove & Yasco  undone. Millions of dollars wasted.

19. Owed APC causing the country to be plunged into darkness for days

20. Encouraged persons to be violent & chop up tax collectors

21. Promised no new taxes but introduced PIT & other new taxes

22. Did very little to correct the deficit of Social Security

23 Gave enormous concessions to hotels depriving the country of revenue

24.  Replace the police hierarchy with Canadians.

25. Opposed construction of a university

26. Did not reduce fuel variation as promised

27. Bau panel housing project failed miserably

28. Operate on lies, hate, deception

29. Spent millions of dollars to purchase a faulty building to host APUA.

30. Caused a judge to secretly exit her chambers for safety after making a decision

31. Lied about the many investors were waiting to invest .

32. Plunged the country into the IMF suicidal program

I am sorry to say,  it is against this backdrop, that UPP is unworthy of my vote.

Fitzroy

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36 COMMENTS

  1. Nutten tarl can go so . Wait UPP think that running a country is like running a sweety shop?? Tell them to rewind and come again…

    • BUDDY BLOKE AND BETTY’S HOPE : THE SAME PERSON. THERE ARE SO MANY NAMES THAT YOU USE! RIGHT PUNCH! RIGHT JUNIOR.
      WHY THE NEED TO BE SO DECEPTIVE!
      I GUESS YOU CAN’T HELP. YOU SUPPORT THE PARTY OF DECEPTION: the ablp

  2. @FITZROY: You were on the Fence? You would not know a fence if you did see one.Do not come on here a write your empty sounding bull chit letter. You were and still are a Labor Party Supporter. Vote for the ABLP for your Vote would be for naught.You are nothing more than a rumpswab,hack and a moonbat.Go and jump off the upper level of the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River.

  5. FITZROY move to the head of the class. You have done a WONDERFUL job describing the UPP. UPP are LOAFERS , CHARLATANS . OPPORTUNISTS. Most of UPP Candidates are not fit for POLITICAL OFFICE. MURDERERS. CHILD MOLESTERS and RAPISTS. AWFUL bunch of people.

    • I guess you prefer crooks and thieves. The corrupt practices in Antigua has become so endemic that even though it is dodo, red kool aid drinkers think it is perfume.

  6. What a DISASTROUS LABOUR DAY for UPP. UPP attracted maximum 300 Persons in Their parade. ABLP attracted approximately 15, 000 Persons in THEIR PARADE. UPP done / FINISHED.

    • Rola – Think of the fact that you will be hungry again tomorrow after you shit out the free food that your beloved prime minister offered you at Fort James Beach.

    • THE ABLP HAD KIDDIES DAY OUT. OR GRADE SCHOOL FIRLD TRIP. THE ABLP PARADE CONSISTED OF MAJORETTES THAT TOOK UP A BLOCK. 10 CARS INTERSPERSED IN THE PARADE TO LENGTHEN THE PARADE AND A HALF DEAD BAND.

      I WAS SURPRISED AT THE POOR SHOWING OF THE ABLP.
      I GUESS EVEN THE COMRADES ARE DISILLUSIONED!

      • @anna salome You do know those “kiddies” have parents and they clearly understand their future is better with ABLP than the failed experiment whose bill the country is still paying. Speaks volumes their willingness to allow their young treasures to work with ABLP. Your team that involves those careless with guns, rapists and a convicted podophile not making parents comfortable

    • Do you think most UPP supporters have time to jump up in St. John’s behind music truck? They leave that for the hungry belly labour supporters who need to create an appetite so they can then go down to Fort James to fight for food. Don’t worry, UPP has its many supporters.

  7. How come you made a list if all the UPP’s failures and didn’t do the same for the ALP, thats isn’t fair. My opinion you were never on the fence about anything.

    • ALP has no failures. They are the perfect organisation with all perfect supporters. They are holier than thou. What a bunch of Saints. They should all go and live in ALL SAINTS. HEAVEN IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT SIN AND ARROGANCE IS.

      HE THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF SHALL BE ABASED. 😢

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  9. Thank God.

    The UPP doesn’t need your vote now or never, you are nothing but a USELESS IDIOT.

    Keep repeating yourself over and over. You think we are fools, patronising us. Antiguans sould be foolish to believe you and put the ABLP back into power.

  10. Typical of dem UPPITES is to say the worst things about others who tell them the truth. There is a nothing in the commentary that is false. Instead of spouting foolishness and behaving like idiots, you’ll should be Comparing and Contrast both parties. By the way you’ll know the UPPITES took backs lands from poor people and prevent MBS from helping poor people to get help overseas( that would have save plenty poor people lives).But interestingly allowed the same MBS to spend thousands of dollars on one of their Minister. Who pay back all these money’s to MBS? Most UPPITES are famous for deceptions and as well sanctimonious hypocrites. You’ll must be living some miserable lives.

  11. Rola – Think of the fact that you will be hungry again tomorrow after you shit out the free food that your beloved prime minister offered you at Fort James Beach.

  12. Red is dead .
    That letter was written by a prissy bed red cool aid drinker he was never on the fence. I believe he was on a cactus 🌵 sitting all the time.

    Alot of things shim mentioned is what Grabston labour Party is guilty of

  13. Writer, I am so happy you realize where your bread is buttered. The ABLP is a government for the people. The UPP is a party that that like some men, will lie to get a woman to take down her drawers and then leave her pregnant, while denying paternity.

    • HOW SAD IT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO RESORT TO THIS LEVEL JUST TO KEEP THE BOARD JOB THAT YOU GOT FROM GASTON, MR HUGHES!

      • Senate next. Gaston know real talent. The way things stand he says to tell you (just an example) he can easily win St John’s City East before Lovell has any hope to

        • @anna salome – Senate next. Gaston know real talent. The way things stand he says to tell you (just an example) he can easily win St John’s City East before Lovell has any hope to

  14. It would be better dear writer if you had just written this article without saying you were on the fence . You are not on no fence so do not try this deception type of stuff. I do agree that DNA slate of candidates showed they are far from ready. All of your criticism were just leveled against the UPP making you further showed you are ABLP to the bone. We need a good opposition in parliament. Unless Gaston self destroy I am struggling to see a second seat for UPP. I will prefer to see UPP getting like 4 seats and DNA 2 or so. I don’t mind seeing change of government or change of leadership. We also need to allow civil servants to participate without loosing their Jobs . This will allow parties like DNA and even UPP to get a better field of candidates.

  15. Has the voting age in Antigua changed from 18 to between 8 and 17 because those are the ages of the majorettes and cheer leaders? Inquiring minds want to know. UPP and ABWU had real adults marching for real issues anti man Fitzroy.

    • Typically of the UPPITES..even when they see the truth with their own eyes. They deflect to some deception..take all the hundreds of adults in the March I hope they that the same cheerleaders have parents that can vote. You continue to dream and spout ignorance. Anyone honest person clearly can see that the ABLP crowd( adult s)was far bigger than their opponents. Please stop fooling yourself.

    • So those Majorettes do not have mothers and fathers and ither family members who can vote? SMH

  16. YO FITZROY

    UPP CARES FOR PEOPLE LET US LOOK AT THEIR WONDERFUL PROGRAMMES

    SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMMES
    PVD FOOD PROGRAMMES
    INCREASED SALARIES
    SCHOOL UNIFORM PROGRAM
    COMPUTER PROJECT THROUGHT GATE
    EYE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY
    INGREASED PENSIONS FOR THE ELDERLY
    DOLLAR BARREL

    YOU SEE, THE UPP PUTS PEOPLE FIRST

    LET US LOOK AT THE INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS

    VC BIRD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
    VIV RICHARDS STADIUM
    ADOMS BUILDING WAS UNDER BUDGET UNDER THE UPP
    NEW TREASURY BUILDING
    NATIONAL STREET LIGHTING PROJECT
    COMPUTER NETWORK THE ENVY OF THE CARIBBEAN
    MOUNT ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTRE
    THE CANCER CENTER
    FIVE ISLANDS SECONDARY SCHOOL
    NATIONAL LIBRARY
    NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
    BAU PANEL PROJECT
    THE NORTH SOUND HOUSING PROJECT – BEAUTIFUL HOMES UNLIKE THE CRACKED FOUNDATION HOUSES OF THE ABLP
    CONSTRUCT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
    THE GOLDEN MILE ON FRIARS HILL ROAD
    SANDALS GRANDE
    HERMITAGE BAY
    VERANDAH HOTEL
    NON SUCH BAY RESORT
    MANY SMALL HOTEL PROJECTS OWNED BY BLACK PEOPLE
    THE NEW TREASURY BUILDING
    BUILT CLINICS IN GRAY’S FARM, CEDAR GROVE, BROWN’S AVE, GRAY’S FARM

    THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROGRAMMES, MY DEAR FITZROY!
    PERHAPS YOU MIGHT INCLUDE THEM NEXT TIME YOU ARE WRITING TO THE EDITOR

  17. As usual, all the demonstrations count for nothing. It is apparent who is singing for their supper.

  18. #@FITZROY…this is just, another shit-tub of rice, on the #SHIT-CART train being feed to the people who’re hungry and desperate. While, animal manure to include that of HUEmans makes great fertilizers, before it decomposes it stinks!
    Your messages smell like someone who ate a great meal, at others expense, and the fart and burp is nauseating.

  19. Fitzroy, you have always been a paid-up member of the ABLP organisation.

    I don’t understand why you didn’t declare your support for the party in the first instance; mind you, Fitzroy, it seems to be how this party works.

    Duplicity, deceit and deception seems to be the way that the ABLP operate.

    THE GOOD NEWS NOW THOUGH, IS THE CITIZENS OF ANTIGUA 🇦🇬 ARE AWARE AND AWAKE OF ALL THIS DOUBLE TALK!

    150 days and counting … 💧💧💧

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