Newly Announced UPP candidates fail to generate enthusiasm among voters, says PM Browne

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PM Browne Mocks UPP’s Candidate Selection, Calls Opposition ‘Uninspiring’

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has dismissed the United Progressive Party’s (UPP) latest slate of candidates as uninspiring, arguing that the opposition has failed to present fresh leadership capable of energizing voters.

Browne ridiculed the UPP’s approach to candidate selection, stating that the party is relying on “old and washed-up” individuals rather than offering dynamic and viable alternatives to the electorate. He pointed to figures such as Harold Lovell and Alister Thomas, describing them as relics of the past who lack the ability to revitalize the party.

“All washed-up people, whatever they bring on the front line,” Browne remarked, adding that even the newer candidates introduced by the UPP lack the strength to challenge the governing Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP).

His comments follow the UPP’s announcement of 14 out of 16 candidates for the next general election, with Political Leader Jamale Pringle stating that the final two selections will be made shortly. Among the candidates are returning figures such as Franz DeFreitas in St. John’s City South, Alister Thomas in St. John’s City West, and Ashworth Azille in St. John’s Rural East. The party also introduced new faces like Barbara Coates in All Saints West and Wayne Benjamin Marsh in St. Paul.

Browne also alleged internal divisions within the UPP, suggesting that candidate selection was more about consolidating Pringle’s leadership rather than fielding the strongest possible team. He claimed that the party lacks momentum and is in a state of decline, unable to mount a serious challenge to the ABLP in the next election.

With the political landscape heating up, the Prime Minister positioned the ABLP as the only party with the leadership and vision to govern effectively, contrasting his party’s approach with what he described as the UPP’s struggles to remain relevant.

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10 COMMENTS

  1. It’s sad that the UPP strung the public on for five months and is still not ready with a full slate.

    The new candidates lack the ability to inspire young people and independent voters to make a paradigm shift in the landscape of our country’s political future.

    The ones who lost the last time around well not make any dent in the voter turnout. People now know who they are and will reject them at the polls. Yes, they will have the support of their loyalists but that is a far as it goes.

    The ABLP is readying its slate with primaries happening all over the country. The branches are building capacity by electing strong management teams r to be advocates for the Party’s future.

    A new young senator will be announced shortly as there are quite a wide array of options to consider.

  2. Bring back that old Cadillac is just another mistake he would not want run under poor black boy leadership he has a big ego I think Day Day the panty guy would have stirred some interest he gaves the impression with his big mouth and shouting at nights as if he has the answers a complete bluff why not grab him the others big mouths like the point guy has lost taste in people,’s mouth and brings a sour taste with his black rethoric that he crams and tried to be an intellectual not lettered but lives in a delusional angry fantasy of black verses white so he is just a waste of time the other is merely ambitious again with this loud deep voice maybe the best of the others not a politician but merely grabbing at straws and when the licks start he will run for cover if he has any bones in his closet he has to come clean with the people so it what it is and the ABLP will trash them again Gaston will be there for a very long time unless he decides to retire from politics.

  3. All of sudden this Dave Ray have a lot to say, after leaving antigua for so long and haven’t acquired a thing while living in the United States.
    Now that you can no longer make it, you are begging almost everyone around the Labour Party, to help put you in Gaston Browne’s ‘good grace’ for him to give you a job, so that why you are attacking everyone who dares to talk the truth about this Corrupt Labour Party.
    Wasn’t you the same guy, whom lockdown one of New York’s well known hospital due to the infectious disease you had, it made headlines, you are a health treat to this country. I now has to wonder, if it’s that same infectious disease you want to come and spread here in antigua.
    You wormster looking guy, sad to have to say, that no one wants your kind around here, you are not appreciated here and you knows that, as you had to run away many years before, and now coming back looking for acceptance, owing to your values.
    Keep your infectious diseased ass by yourself and leave people alone, because not even the people whom you are supporting, wants to be around you and are trying their best to avoid you. You can sing untill thy kingdom come, “wa gone bad a morning can’t come good a evening”.

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