Prime Minister Gaston Browne has accused United Progressive Party (UPP) member Richard Lewis of deliberately sabotaging Jamale Pringle’s leadership, suggesting that Lewis is engaging in actions designed to embarrass the opposition leader.
Speaking on Pointe FM, Browne alleged that Lewis has prioritized his personal political ambitions over supporting Pringle, leading to further divisions within the already embattled opposition.
“Richard Lewis is on a program to embarrass Pringle,” Browne claimed, pointing to instances during the budget debates where Lewis appeared to overshadow Pringle rather than reinforce his leadership.
“Instead of helping Pringle to look good, he’s out there making him look bad.”
Browne’s comments reflect what he described as a broader failure of the UPP to foster unity and competent leadership within its ranks. He accused Lewis of attempting to outshine Pringle, whom he characterized as lacking the necessary qualifications and training to lead effectively.
The Prime Minister also criticized the quality of the opposition’s contributions during budget debates, describing them as lacking depth and substance. He highlighted Lewis’ focus on the Friesland property lease as an example of sensationalism over fact-based criticism.
Browne explained that the lease arrangement, which includes retrofitting the property for government use, followed standard practice and benefited the public by providing rent-free occupancy for three years. “This is not corruption; this is good governance,” Browne argued, accusing Lewis of misrepresenting the arrangement to score political points.
In addition to targeting Lewis, Browne lamented the opposition’s overall approach to budget discussions, accusing them of failing to conduct thorough research or seek out accurate information.
“At no point in the last decade has anyone in the opposition called the Ministry of Finance for information,” he said, contrasting this with his own time in opposition when he would conduct detailed research to inform his parliamentary presentations.
Browne acknowledged the importance of a strong opposition but argued that the UPP’s internal disunity and reliance on rhetoric weaken its ability to effectively challenge his administration.
“We want a strong opposition to keep us on our toes,” he said. “But when they come with nothing but empty rhetoric, it does a disservice to the people they claim to represent.”
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You are worried about him, ain’t you, Gassy?
He is too smart and alert for you, ain’t he Gassy?
So you choose to try to discredit him by doing what some of the UPP choir girls saying how he is trying to mash up the party.
Well that won’t work this time, Gasssy. He is on your trail like a pack of blood hounds and he ain’t quitting
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Stop sticking your bald head in UPP business and focus on who wants your job. And you could also focus on the infighting going on between your handmaid and your altar boys at Pointe.
hey Noser….you really think Gassy worried about Lewis???!!!
Will be an interesting matchup at next election between Lewis and Joseph..
Now THAT’S where the worry should be about…
How smart of Gaston to create future distrust between the supporters of UPP, yep that will cause balkanisation which is deleterious, and when the UPP supporters would have made their round on innocent Richard Lewis, he would be unsalvageable to save the UPP from impending implosion after a beating at the election pole, that’s when Pringle and others will admit a new way forward, this is an analogy: let’s say I go to the airport to catch a flight in the morning earlier than usual ahead of everyone, but by evening the pilot had not showed up, the airport administrator out of sympathy of me been there first waiting ask me to fly the plane, oops! am I pilot material? The other passengers wouldn’t fly with me, they all will leave, only persons in the crowd with hearing or sight disability would chance it, so is the UPP dilemma, fanatic supporters vs intelligent objective supporters, that’s why their are resignations, but the most subtle one are those of no public importance who will resign mentally at home, so now we have a lack of interest to get voters ID card, because Gaston to is also alienating the true ALP supporters for UPP defectors giving them big position, which is smart too, because it nurture the balkanization of the UPP supporters, he is trying the one tent that the former prime minister Hon Baldwin Spencer tried, but in the end UPP has got to realize that Jamal Pringle is not entitled to prime minister status because he was the only one in parliament, he should have come to the public and advocate for himself acquiring more institutional knowledge and pass the batten to someone else, but the upp executive have a dislike for each other, the brother they address each other by name is not genuine, I have been in this politics close to sixty years and this will end up like how the late Lester bird alluded to his house during tea time at morning was full with visitors, and now he is out of power he don’t see anyone. The UPP executive will have their moment in solitude to ponder on their mistakes. They all know that each branch chair person was told to push an agenda against Richard or anyone else, they even thumb their nose at sherfiel Bowen, and now they are working with him. Had it been a fair convention where the branch chair person said we have to brothers here vying for leadership in the convention and it’s up to you to support the best candidate as the are allowed to express their vision for the country going forward and not the party we would have had a harmonious relationship right now.
How smart of Gaston to create future distrust between the supporters of UPP, yep that will cause balkanisation which is deleterious, and when the UPP supporters would have made their round on innocent Richard Lewis, he would be unsalvageable to save the UPP from impending implosion after a beating at the election pole, that’s when Pringle and others will admit a new way forward, this is an analogy: let’s say I go to the airport to catch a flight in the morning earlier than usual ahead of everyone, but by evening the pilot had not showed up, the airport administrator out of sympathy of me been there first waiting ask me to fly the plane, oops! am I pilot material? The other passengers wouldn’t fly with me, they all will leave, only persons in the crowd with hearing or sight disability would chance it, so is the UPP dilemma, fanatic supporters vs intelligent objective supporters, that’s why their are resignations, but the most subtle one are those of no public importance who will resign mentally at home, so now we have a lack of interest to get voters ID card, because Gaston to is also alienating the true ALP supporters for UPP defectors giving them big position, which is smart too, because it nurture the balkanization of the UPP supporters, he is trying the one tent that the former prime minister Hon Baldwin Spencer tried, but in the end UPP has got to realize that Jamal Pringle is not entitled to prime minister status because he was the only one in parliament, he should have come to the public and advocate for himself acquiring more institutional knowledge and pass the batten to someone else, but the upp executive have a dislike for each other, the brother they address each other by name is not genuine, I have been in this politics close to sixty years and this will end up like how the late Lester bird alluded to his house during tea time at morning was full with visitors, and now he is out of power he don’t see anyone. The UPP executive will have their moment in solitude to ponder on their mistakes. They all know that each branch chair person was told to push an agenda against Richard or anyone else, they even thumb their nose at sherfiel Bowen, and now they are working with him. Had it been a fair convention where the branch chair person said we have two brothers here vying for leadership in the convention and it’s up to you to support the best candidate as the are allowed to express their vision for the country going forward and not the party we would have had a harmonious relationship right now.
I expected that from you a long time ago. You are fearful that your implanted UPP leader may lose his comfort seat and you to will become much unsettled. If hypocrisy was a medal you would be wearing a gigantic one around your neck. Because Chet is afraid of getting his neck chopped you believe no one in the UPP should speak out. Prior to the UPP convention you were attacking Richard Lewis daily. You feared that he would have won the leadership and you would also lose your position as ALP leader. Since you plan was achieved and you got the leader that you wanted in the UPP you have gone quiet and do not want anyone else to rock the boat. Rocking the UPP leadership means that yours will also be toppled. You cannot risk that so mow you are supportive of the same Pringle who you called a dunce. If Pringle had any sense and wasn’t dancing to your tune he would have stepped aside a long time ago. He was given the same advise that you have given to him by one of his advisor. He listened to you. Now you believe that you have him in your pocket and you have done the damage you wanted to the UPP you are giving him advise that he refused a long time ago. Don’t sit too comfortable. Richard Lewis will asume the leadership prior to your March general elections and your Ballon will pop.
Gaston Browne taking about disunity and infighting within the UPP. He must first pick the beam from his own eyes rather than from his brother’s. Gaston, the same so call ‘Bottom of the Barrel’ UPP defectors you incorporate into the ABLP and made senators and minister of government and placed on several boards over your own loyal Labourites which much is causing enmity and distrust within your own party. Gaston do you really think that these same so call Labourites will vote for you again or your party? Gaston you have a rude awakening waiting for you for the next general election.!!!
In other news, there’s a voice note of pig meat throwing lampchops, 2 locks and 2 locks wife under the bus. Dem na want pigmeat in them party
It is very obvious that Richard Lewis is undermining the leader, Jamaul Pringle. His interaction with the media is disseminating subliminal messages to the public
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