Minister of State and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator the Hon. Shenella Govia, and Minister of State, Senator Clement Antonio, have been reassigned to new ministerial portfolios within the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.
Effective Monday, 12 October, Senator Govia will assume the role of Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Works, following her tenure in the Ministry of Education, Sport and Creative Industries.
Meanwhile, Senator Clement Antonio, who formerly served in the Ministry of Housing and Works, will take up duties as Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Sport and Creative Industries, with special responsibility for the Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission.
Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne noted that both senators — among the youngest currently serving —are being given new reassignments as part of the Government’s rotation policy aimed at broadening their experience and strengthening the governance framework.
The appointments were made under the authority of Section 69 (4) of the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda, which empowers the Prime Minister to appoint ministerial offices other than that of Prime Minister, with the Governor-General issuing the formal instruments of appointment.
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What this ABLP government has described as a routine “rotation” within the Ministry reeks of corruption, cover-up, and political damage control.
The people of Antigua and Barbuda are not fools, You don’t ‘rotate’ staff in silence unless you’re hiding something. This looks less like an administrative shuffle and more like a desperate attempt to move the corruption around instead of rooting it out.
The nation deserves to know the real reasons behind this suspicious shake-up.
This government believes it can sweep corruption under the rug with a few quiet transfers, but Antiguans and Barbudans have had enough. Every dollar stolen from public works is a dollar stolen from our children’s future.
Silence will only confirm what the people already suspect, that corruption has become the heartbeat of the Gaston Browne administration.
Was listening to the snake pit yesterday and heard this was going to happen. What is going on with the Broncos? Dem politicians tek arwe for fools
Antimani Tabor, come tell us whats going on in works. You’re the spokes person now. You sir was very vocal a few years ago under UPP. You could have smelt corruption and call up people name crawling crawling, but the cheese and ashum seems to have been lodged in your craw!!!!
Did the government find the two Jr ministers who gave the green light to buy cars and SUV’S for their men.
Transfers? They should be fired.
Correct. Mega corruption at Works but this is the Antiguan way. UPP was no better. Transfer and sweep under the carpet. No accountability. The bigger question is why do we the people of this country keep accepting this as normal?
Gaston claims he will not stand for corruption. Yet instead of facing this issue head on, he transfers and sweeps under the carpet. A junior minister, a high ranking Police officer, at least 2 prominent business people, a major political puppet master tied to both UPP and ABLP and you do nothing?
Millions of tax payers money snatched. And you do nothing. And you call yourself World Boss? Where is ONDCP and FSRC? There must be major money laundering involved as they have to hide these ill begotten gains.
WHAT THE HELL…! …MOST INTERESTING! …NEWS REPORTER’S QUOTE: A FALLACY-
‘…GOVERNMENT’S ROTATION POLICY: A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
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The citizenry have come to the realization that ‘…PRIME MINISTER GASTON BROWNE’ has no darn ‘…FRIDGE FOR STORING LIES OR UNTRUTHS.’
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WHY?
It was the ‘…PRIME MINISTER’ who broke the news on his ‘…RADIO STATION-POINTE FM’ of that from a ‘…CRIMINAL PERSPECTIVE,’ an apparent massive:
(a) ‘…CORRUPTIBLE RING CONCERNING ‘…VEHICLE SOURCING: through
(b) …THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.’
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(c) …LAUDING AND APPLAUDING: through
(d) ‘…CABINET, THE APPARENT OBSERVANT: and
(e) …DETECTED CORRUPTIBLE PRACTICES: by
(f) …PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER, MARIA BIRD-BROWNE.’
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CREDIT:
IT HAS BEEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE- CREDIT: to
(i) …FRANKLYN JAMES: and
(ii) …THE PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF: who spoke to
(iii) …PUBLIC OFFICERS AS FACILITATORS: and
(iv) …SOURCERS OF CERTAIN HIGH-END MOTOR VEHICLES.’
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THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY A WISE DISCLOSURE BY THE ‘…PRIME MINISTER,’ BUT AS TRUTHFUL AS HE WAS REPORTEDLY ADVISED: either
(i) ‘…BY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, EVERTON JEFFERS KPM: or
(ii) …BY PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS: sourced for
(v) ‘…CLANDESTINE CIVILIAN OPERATIONS’ [POINTE FM/VIDEO].
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PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE:
SOME VEHICLES, PARTICULARLY, THE ‘…CLASSY ONES: are
(i) ‘…MUCH TOO ‘…HIGHLY VISIBLE’ FOR CERTAIN PURPOSE: and
(ii) …MUCH TOO ‘…HIGHLY PRICED’ FOR ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES.
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CORRUPT NEWS WRITERS
Then there are those darn ‘…NEWS WRITERS.’
In their reportings, some appeared equally as ‘…CORRUPT.’
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WHY?
(a) ‘…They could not have ‘…QUOTED DIRECTLY THAT WHICH ‘…PRIME MINISTER BROWNE HAD NOT SAID: thereby
(b) ‘…GRAMMARLY MAKING USE OF ‘…INVERTED COMAS’ to INDICATE HIS ‘…DIRECT QUOTES: but
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(iii) ‘…DECEPTIVELY, MADE USE OF ‘…FALLACIOUS NOTE,’
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THIS IS HOW, AND WHAT THEY WROTE:
(v) ‘…PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. GASTON BROWNE NOTED….’ [Paragraph 4].
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CAUTION:
NONE MAY ATTEMPT TO ‘…WEAVE A TANGLED WEB AROUND THE PRIME MINISTER.’
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WELL KNOWN CASES
The nation saw what transpired in the ‘…WELL KNOWN CASES: against
(i) ‘…FORMER ‘BOE SECRETARY, D. GISEL ISSAC AND PRACTICING BAILIFF ALGERNON ‘SERPENT’ WATT: and
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(ii) …FORMER TRANSPORT BORD HARRY JOSIAH.’
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QUESTION
WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO THE ‘…DPP’S FILED NOTICE OF APPEAL AGAINST THE REPORTED RETURN OF ‘…HIS LORDSHIP, JUSTICE STANLEY JOHN’S TRIAL RULING?’
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PM BROWNE: LEAVE THE MATTER ALONE
PUBLICLY: …BOLDLY: AND FRANKLY,’ HE TOLD THE NATION THAT TOLD THE ‘…MINISTERS CONCERNED TO ‘…Leve de darn tings alone’ (vernacular).
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HAIL TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
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WHAT THE HELL…!
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ROTATION v ELIMINATION
STILL, THE DARN ‘PM’ HAS TO BE MINDFUL OF ‘…ROTATING CORRUPTION WITHIN HIS ADMINISTRATION.’
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NOW, WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN ‘SMELLED,’ WHATEVER HAPPENED: to
(i) ‘…THE CARNIVAL OF ‘…BACCHANALS?
(ii) …WIND STANDS OF YASCO?
(II) …THE SAINTS OF MICHAELS: and
(iii) …THE DEANS OF JOAN-OF-ARC?’
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WELL, WALK GOOD…!
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That’s why I never get comfortable in a job. Cause when it’s time to move it’s time to move. Hopefully they will do well wherever they are placed
I believe in moving employees around so they can gains the experience and knowledge of the entire operation. Gaston came out of the private sector so he knows the benefits of moving employees around. These experiences can help build your resume or CV, and also substitute whenever needed.
Funny how this is happening after the independence holiday mixup.
You just sit back and watch the patterns. Not everybody is blind and dumb.
But we never heard of this policy before until the bobol in ministry of public works
Give them wGork for do
Which policy? Rotation policy? Give us an example of such a rotation recently. Lol
Stop talking your citizens for fools. Govia is the real soldier. She can work wherever you put her. She is a loyal labour party supporter. But that clement…I will say no more
You will not stress out our PM. He will shift your chubby raasclatt somewhere you are not strong enough to hurt us
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