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Pringle Calls for Voter Mobilization, Warns of Snap Elections
Thwaites Corner, Antigua — Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle has urged Antiguans and Barbudans to renew their voter identification cards, warning that the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) may call early elections to avoid growing public dissatisfaction.
Speaking at a United Progressive Party (UPP) rally at Thwaites Corner on Wednesday evening, Pringle told supporters that the country is “fed up” and poised for change — but that such change hinges on voter preparedness.
“The voters’ card is the ID that you the people of Antigua and Barbuda are going to use to change history in this nation,” he said. “It is very important now more than ever before.”
Pringle suggested that the government, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, could call snap elections in an attempt to pre-empt potential political fallout from recent controversies. Among the issues he cited were the 40% increase in vehicle licensing fees, ongoing water shortages, and what he described as the mishandling of state resources.
“When people’s backs are against the wall and they know what information might come forth, they will speedily call the elections,” Pringle warned. “And you, the people, must be ready.”
The UPP leader characterised the voters’ card as more than just an electoral tool, calling it a symbol of democratic power and a means to restore governance focused on the needs of ordinary citizens.
Throughout the rally, Pringle reiterated his party’s commitment to public service, accusing the ABLP administration of prioritising personal gain over national development. He claimed that basic services, including water access and infrastructure maintenance, have been neglected under the current government.
Pringle’s speech formed part of a wider campaign push by the UPP to galvanise its base and reach undecided voters ahead of the next general election, constitutionally due by 2028 but which Pringle believes may be brought forward.
The Electoral Commission has encouraged all eligible citizens to ensure their information is up to date, though there has been no official indication of an imminent election date.
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Reading this article at 5:15 AM on March 28th sitting on the toilet, once I finished doing mu busisnes, and I tried to flush it, no water on the pipe, this is getting bad right now. What happened with the just commissioned water plant?
This is why you must give the HON. LARS JAMALE PRINGLE a chance to become your Prime Minister. He is the real GRASSROOTS LITTLE BLACK BOY. He understand the struggles of the ordinary man, woman, boy and girl.
He is 100% Antiguan with no foreign ties and split allegiance. His children are 100% Antiguan too; BORN right here in Antigua (not born in foreign country).
The HON. LARS JAMALE PRINGLE is the man for you!
@v for Vendetta sometimes I feel you are a little out of your mind. PRINGLE as Prime Minister with Gisele Isaac the PUPPET MASTER as the real Prime Minister. That is why DEM NAR MOVE but Pringle as Prime Minister will never happen. Antiguans not that stupid.
SERPENT. SHOOGY. JAMAICAN HUSBAND
All 3 B-O-Y-C-O-T-T-E-D lastnight’s UPP “rally”???? Why? No confidence in the UPP or its Leadership?
Is it true, Mr Pringle, that you and your new Director of Pickets and Rallies, Zizi Thomas, deliberately left out the MPs Simon, Lewis and Watts from the rally because you all heard that they are forming their own party?
Before you say not true, word on the street is that you all never told them about the rally. Is the new strategy is for them to hear same time as the man on the street and turn up to speak?
What reality is UPP living in now?
Simon, Lewis and Watts = the 3 money hungry MPs looking out for themselves. They more concerned with land grabbing and land swapping than serving the people.
@Is UPP for real?
No UPP are not for real, but honestly anything right now would be better than Gaston in power, they have raped this land dry for filthy lucre so its TIME FOR A CHANGE AND CHANGE MUST COME.
Some of the most successful politicians in the world never even went to school, but even then all Gaston does is recruit his party from the UPP. That in itself shows that they are doing something right. And a division and disagreements in a party don’t make them ‘unmanageable’.