UPP Deputy Political Leader Sherfield Bowen Says U.S. Wants ‘a New Government’ in Antigua
Sherfield Bowen, deputy political leader of the United Progressive Party, told supporters that the United States and Europe are “looking for a new government that they can work with,” using that claim to argue that Antigua and Barbuda needs a change in leadership at the April 30 general election.
Addressing a UPP rally, Bowen said the country is already paying a price internationally because of the policies of the Gaston Browne administration and warned that more consequences could follow if the government remains in office. He declared, “The United States and Europe are now looking for a new government that they can work with. That is why a change of government is essential.”
Bowen’s remarks were part of a broader speech in which he linked Antigua and Barbuda’s international difficulties to the ruling party’s stewardship of the country. He said, “The U.S. has slapped visa sanctions on the people of Antigua and Barbuda because of the Gaston Browne government’s policies,” and added that “more bad news is about to come if they remain in office.” He also claimed that “the European Union is set to impose its own visa sanctions by the end of the year.”
He argued that the current administration is incapable of reversing that trend, telling the crowd, “The Gaston Browne regime is unable to do what it takes to ensure that the sanctions are removed and new ones are not added.” Bowen then framed the election as the country’s chance to change course, saying the answer was to “remove Gaston Browne and Labour” and replace them with “a new government that finally works for you.”
The speech placed foreign relations and the visa issue at the heart of the opposition’s campaign message. Rather than focusing on a long list of constituency promises, Bowen used his time to make the case that Antigua and Barbuda’s international reputation has been damaged and that a UPP victory is necessary to repair it. His central appeal was blunt: “That is why a change of government is essential.”
Bowen’s intervention also reinforced the UPP’s wider effort to portray the election as a referendum on the Browne administration’s handling of national affairs. By tying visa restrictions and possible future sanctions to government policy, he sought to turn foreign policy fallout into a domestic political argument, one aimed at persuading undecided voters that the country’s standing abroad and prospects at home are now intertwined.
He ended that section of the message with a direct call for political change, telling supporters that Antigua and Barbuda needed “a new government that finally works for you” and urging them to back the UPP at the polls.
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Of course 😊😁 TRUMP want yes men, you all better be careful with America.
Bowen. Have you met eith the US government? Did they rell you so, or it’s a secret? Y’all love to tell the people all kinds a stupidness. And the behaviour as if it’s only Antigua that is restricted from this visa issue. Dam liars aryou be.
St. Phillips South needs a real MP. One with NO BLOOD on their hands!!!
That stance of Bowen is pure foolishness. So if you are in Government you will cater to the USA’s policies and as such become a vassal of the US. What foolishness. So let’s say you become government, you will accede to the wishes of the USA and not the interest of Abtigua and Barbuda, an independent nation. Your scare tactics will not work. You guys will sellout Antigua and Barbuda for travel documents. SMH
Gaston knows that…Sadly though UPP missed the opportunity in not changing its own political head. BIG BIG BLUNDER on their part.
Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign nation, not a puppet state.
No foreign power, whether the United States or the European Union, gets to decide who governs us. That choice belongs to the people of Antigua and Barbuda.
This election is about our future, our voice, and our country, not outside influence.
🇦🇬 Vote ABLP.
#SovereigntyFirst #OurVoteOurVoice
It’s so difficult to take these people seriously with their slavish mentality. Have we surrendered our sovereignty? Who determines the government we have? The electorate or the USA? SMDH
And that’s exactly why we WON’T give them one!
Trump the Anti-Christ needs to just go back to hell that he came from.
Murderer! Blood is on your shoulders
Kill I today you cannot kill I tomorrow
Murder! Your insides must be hollow
How does it feel to take the life of another
Murderer! Blood is on your shoulder
Kill me today you cannot kill I tomorrow
Murder! Your insides must be hollow
How does it feel to take a life?
Tell them to come and over throw the government, like they are trying to do all over the world, cause this might be the only chance you and the UPP have to get back in government. PATHETIC.
@ Carvaa
Its better the USA overthrow than…………..
………..the Chinese coming to ‘to colonise us’ AS PER YOUR DUMB PM and his Red Hedge Hogs
You Red Hedge Hogs are so pathetic.
@ FC, Buju Banton, DadliMan, Rodney Jarvis, Rev. Dr, A R Edwards
Tell that to GB who planted a massive Chinese Embassy in the heart of Antigua and told the Chinese to ‘come colonise us’, the very same GB who guaranteed that the US embassy will come back to Antigua.
Don’t be a fool writer, even our recent LGBTQ laws were shaped and changed because of the US and European powers, so don’t be an idiot when you talk. Positioning ourselves favorably with these nations is inevitably our best option. Even here in the Caribbean, no one wants to deal with this pompous fool GB.
The PM of Trinidad thinks he’s a pigheaded idiot, that same pigheadedness that cost us many sleepless nights in recent pass. The man simply talk too much, and is often caught saying the wrong things.
Bowen is dead right in what he said. The US has turned it’s back on Antigua, and don’t think for once that some European nations haven’t been noticing the influence the Chinese have in the Caribbean, which they certainly don’t like.
Just listen to these ABLP big ole fools.
Antigua must work with these nations, must.no matter all the big talk, Antigua cannot survive without unilateral agreements between the US, Canada and European nations.
That’s all this man was saying.
But keep talking you pigheaded fools and see how far it gets Antigua.
Everyone knows that I’m totally against the foolish rhetoric that GB was peddling a few months ago ” friends to all and enemy to none”. What happened, are you hypocrites now abandoning that dumb rhetoric, or does it just suits y’all when the free money is in play?
These comments just tells you that the ABLP government and their big mouth is not good for Antigua. Trump is only one man you idiots, America has over 325 million people living in it, and half of them, or family member love the Caribbean or have been here.
I hope Americans are not listening or reading this foolishness. SMDH
The United States Government doesn’t want any dealings with a Rogue Government and that’s why it places so much emphasis on its border protection. Can you imagine any of the unknown, unvetted holders of our 200 passports that were given to a Hong Kong National, for their way on American soil? Remember that these Bandits only only surround themselves with their kinds and of that, the United States is wary. The U.S justice department is actively beneficiaries of the corrupt Odebretch dea
The United States Government doesn’t want any dealings with a Rogue Government and that’s why it places so much emphasis on its border protection. Can you imagine any of the unknown, unvetted holders of our 200 passports that were given to a Hong Kong National, found their way on American soil? Remember that these Bandits only surround themselves with their kinds and of that, the United States is wary. The U.S Justice Department is actively pursuing beneficiaries of the corrupt Odebretch dealings and Antigua was used as a hub, aided and abetted by the Money-Hawk, for such dealings. Attack Sherfield Bowen as much as you want; the gavel in going to come down in favour of the United States. They also need answers to the US$674k that found its way in the Country to purchase a Waterfront Property in Coral Gables, Florida. When the time comes, the good Pastor can marshall his congregation to resist the United States Government.
The US has not right to demand a new government in Antigua and they never say so. Every country in the caribbean, need the cooperation of every States and in europe also , including America but we must not Allow America to bully any states or country . Canada stand it’s ground and refuse to be bullied. We are a country who depend on tourism and we must eat a certain amount shit but not all times.
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