Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle has accused the government of political victimization following the termination of his long-standing contract with the Solid Waste Management Authority (SWMA).
Speaking during his budget response in Parliament, Pringle said the loss of income from the contract has impacted his ability to serve his constituency effectively.
Although he refrained from delving into the specifics of the termination, Pringle described the experience as emblematic of broader inequities in the allocation of government resources.
Pringle previously held a contract with the NSWMA to collect dead animals, including dogs. The government ended the agreement, citing concerns over what they described as inconsistencies and excesses in his billing practices.
Pringle has consistently denied any wrongdoing, claiming the termination was politically motivated and a deliberate attempt to undermine his work as a representative for All Saints East and St. Luke.
“They fired me, and things are still happening in All Saints East and St. Luke because I am not a quitter,” Pringle said during his speech. “When there’s a will, there’s a way.”
Pringle suggested the government’s actions were part of a pattern of targeting opposition members and limiting their access to resources for political gain. He said the termination of his contract reflected the broader issue of inequitable resource distribution, which, he argued, undermines opposition efforts to support their constituents effectively.
In his remarks, Pringle framed the termination as an example of what he described as a lack of fairness in the government’s dealings with opposition representatives.
“Because of political victimization, they fired me. Can you imagine that? So if you see the constituency is not as beautiful as it usually looks, it’s because the money I used to make, I’m not making it anymore,” Pringle told Parliament.
Despite these challenges, Pringle vowed to continue advocating for his constituents. He highlighted his efforts to maintain services in his constituency, even using personal funds to address pressing issues such as community clean-ups and maintenance.
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LONG OVERDUE!!!!!
“…Pringle said the loss of income from the contract has impacted his ability to serve his constituency effectively.”
WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU DO FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITH THAT DEAD DOG INCOME??? Not a damn thing!!! Tired of hearing compalints about you. The people said you promised them soooooo many things if they vote for you, BUT you lied!!!!! You didn’t keep your promises to the people of All Saints East & St. Luke
Why don’t you use the monies you making from W.E.S to help you constituency????? YOU MAKE PLENTY MONEY RENTING TENTS TO THE GOVERNMENT, FETES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS!!!!!!
SCHOOL CHILDREN EVEN SAY YOU HAVE “BLACK HADEED” BUILDING HOUSE FOR YOU AND YOUR MAMA!
“inconsistencies and excesses in his billing practices. ”
Yep.. no suprise there. $500 per day/dog…..what you think gwine happen to dem dogs in Antigua all of a sudden????
Little black boy you better tap play warri with God
The irony is; no dog has died around the vicinity of the market for past two years.
So the removal of dead dogs from the market became redundant. So his services became redundant.
The dogs use to die every day at the market, to the extent he used a used Voxy van to transport the dead dogs to the landfill.
Under the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, please how much money has Mr. Pringle made since UPP gave him the dead dog contract in 2009?
How much money has he made from SIDS Conference?
Never ever assume your opponent in politics will do what is right when it pertains to their oppositions. Trust me, I know about this from both parties but more so about ABLP
Really? so you think the “what is right” is to renew a government contract for a sitting MP? UPP likes to pretend that it is without spot and blemish and so full of “integrity” but JOHN ASHE EXPOSED them all!
@Gaston Browne: Victimisation in Antigua and Barbuda is nothing new. We can trace such to the likes of George Weston and his battles with the British Government.
We want to know about the Antigua Airways Saga, to include the drownings east of St. Kitts after some of the Africans who were smuggled into Antigua drowned being SMUGGLED out of Antigua.
Where’s the investigations into this?
Is it a fact, that Asot Michael was assassinated to pave the jackASS path and PROSTITUTION AVENUE, formerly known as Burma Road for the ABLP’s control of St. Peter’s Constituency? The accused perpetrator in the ASSASSINATION, of Asot Michael must be scared, of being walloped with THUMPS.
We know that the United Nations outlaws #water_boarding, as cruel and inhumane but it would be nice, really nice, and would truly make the political climate in Antigua & Barbuda, nice again.
You really need to check into Clarview Psychiatric Hospital! You seem to have Multiple Personality Disorder. Sooooo many different usernames you keep hiding under. You must be really week and insecure
#UPPgutterSnipe Strikes Again!
HYPOCRITES & PARASITES!
Drop the 🎙️mike!
Run da track!
Kum een Broddah Bob; and, if night should turn to day, men like Gaston Browne would run away!
Because according to Broddah Butcher, when it comes to One Love, U gotta rise every day, fu do bettah
So, if de cap fit U, Mr. Sou_Sou.
U cyan wear um; fu cover U BALD HEAD!
HYPOCRITES & PARASITES will show up to take a bite.
This wicked ALP and their “we the whites” PM too love to victimize Antigua people.
This man is so petty and predictable. How about the numerous government contracts his Ministers and cronies are afforded? Scratch the floors of National Housing and learn how money is being siphoned. Dig into his Woman’s businesses and learn how THEY are cleaning us out with the same contractual arrangements he’s talking about and take careful note of the concessions. When you’ve done all that, take a drive to Parham and observe mass excavation of the QUARRY. Note where all these hundreds of thousands of tons of limestone go. They want to pocket every cent from us, they are even lining the sides of the roads with this material. I doubted when someone told me about the extent of that operation, because I had passed that area about 5 months prior and I eagerly drove there on Monday and encountered a depressing site. People need to take a look for themselves and see the rapid destruction of that hill. They have even made a crater that is probably some 20 plus feet deep; it’s like they are unintentionally creating a dam. What are the arrangements with the government? What do we charge the GRABBERS per ton and what do we ultimately pay them per ton for the same material? When that hill is finally decimated, they will just trek next door to Bethesda. He’s all over the globe, talking about climate and environmental issues and one only needs to go to that area and observe for himself. The people with the goats on the opposite side better pay attention, because they just might have their sights fixed on that hill too. Greed is really an addiction.