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PM Browne Suggests Opposition MPs Seek Land to Fund Breakaway Party
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has suggested that opposition MPs Kelvin “Shugy” Simon, Algernon “Serpent” Watts, and Richard Lewis are attempting to break away from the United Progressive Party (UPP) and form their own political entity—a move he believes is tied to their recent request for concessionary land in Deep Bay Heights.
“Apparently, they want to make a move and start a new party,” Browne said. “And to leave the UPP, they need money. If all three of them could get a box-hand, get land worth about $2 million each, that would probably help them make the plunge.”
The government has denied the MPs’ bid for land in Deep Bay Heights, a prime location reserved for high-end tourism development. The area, valued at US$20 per square foot, has been set aside for potential investment by Sunwing, the operator of Royalton Antigua Resort.
Gaston Browne revealed that Simon, Watts, and Lewis submitted formal requests to purchase one acre each at a heavily discounted rate of just US$1.50 per square foot.
“They wanted to pay about $200,000 for land worth over $2 million,” Browne stated. “And they want us to take the land from Sunwing and sell it to them personally.”
Browne questioned why the opposition MPs were seeking land in such a prime area rather than other government-allocated spaces. He suggested that their actions point to a personal financial strategy rather than genuine public service.
“They did not even go to an area where land has been sold for maybe $5 a square foot,” Browne said. “They went straight for the most valuable land, which tells you what their real motivation is.”
He indicated that this move aligns with rumors of internal divisions within the UPP, with Simon, Watts, and Lewis allegedly positioning themselves for a political shift.
Browne further criticized the MPs for their lack of engagement in parliamentary proceedings while pursuing personal benefits.
“Neither Shugy nor Serpent has spoken more than three times in Parliament,” Browne said. “And on each occasion, they have not spoken for more than five minutes.”
He also pointed to Simon’s absence from Parliament to attend Trinidad’s Carnival, saying it exemplified a disregard for public duty.
“He not only absented himself but when confronted, he literally cursed out the Parliament,” Browne said. “This guy doesn’t care.”
Despite his criticisms, Browne confirmed that the government has approved land for the opposition MPs—just not in Deep Bay Heights.
“The Cabinet agreed that we would sell them land at a concession rate because we’re not trying to deprive them of the opportunity,” Browne said. “But where they went and what they were trying to achieve was something else.”
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Let them plot all they want. They cannot remove the HON. LARS JAMALE PRINGLE who is the DULY ELECTED LEADER of the UPP. Some people are still upset at the results, but they need to learn to respect the final result! Our Little Black Boy aint going nowhere. He is our Leader. If he was good enough to carry the weight of the party in parliament ALL BY HIMSELF for those years, then he is more than capable to carry the party now.
All who seek to undermine, badmind, usurp or badmouth Mr. Pringle will live to regret it!!!
Shuggy is a failure and a disgrace to the country and his community!
#GoBackToTrinidad
At least serpent went China for agriculture training and came back and reported to the public. Nothing from shoogy to report on that can benefit the country. He really all about SELF! just like richard lewis.
This is actually huge then. problematic person gone and you get to see the kind of person they are since they are going to write their own manifesto I happy with that
So wait, is land dem really want or just more bacchanal in the party?
Every time election close, is some new scandal popping up. Typical politics.
Antigua politics sweet bad! Every day is some new drama.
So why he approve the land if he feel is for party business?
Same way them Opposition want land, same way government handing out lands too. All of them same thing!
I wonder how Gaston feels about himself when he sits and just runs his mouth and the world seeing through him? There is no more egoistic, narcissistic hypocritical leader around the world than Gaston. He has not fear of God. He has not scruples. Lying is in his DNA. Oh how I feel sorry for the man. He believes that he is the it, the end all and the all i survey. He believes he knows everything. Gaston there is a day of reckoning!!!!!
Seems like Gaston gave life to Jesus. He knows everything. He controls everything. Whatever he says is gospel. Gaston! Gaston! Gaston! There is life beyond the labour party cabinet. You will live a long miserable and lonely life. Change your ways.
All these three OPPOSITION Member of Parliament are bunch of CROOKS. Say one thing in public and another behind the scenes. They make me SICK to watch Them. AWFUL GUYS.
@V for Vendetta
You sound so dunce. Pringle did not hold down anything. He was just there. That is no excuse to make him leader.
Pringle was in a seat that if UPP had run a dog there, the dog would win. He was there by the fault. If Lovell wasn’t s stubborn about City East, he would have been the representative for Old Road.
Pringle cannot carry any party. He is out of his depths. He is on the river heading for the falls and he does not know how to operate the oars to steer towards the bank before he goes over the falls. He can’t even bail out of the boat because HE CAN’T SWIM.
Oh my. I see you are another one of the SORE LOSERS that continue to kick and scream over the results of the Convention. Grow a pair.
Gaston writing and blogging under different names here answering himself to sound as though it’s an interactive public response, anyway Mr knight advice the UPP that if ALP a come up market street find another road to walk on, this meaning to say buy private lands, Anthony Smith was glad to set them up to show his loyalty to Gaston.