UPP Delegation Meets With Attorney General Over Gun Crime Concerns
Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle led a United Progressive Party (UPP) delegation in a meeting with the Attorney General and Minister of Public Safety on Friday to discuss the government’s response to rising gun-related crimes.
The delegation included former Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, St. Philip’s South MP Sherfield Bowen, attorney Leon Symister, and Acting PRO Jonathan Wehner. They sought clarity on the administration’s strategy and put forward recommendations of their own.
Pringle described the talks as “quite fruitful,” saying, “We would have asked the questions that we believe are pertinent to the safety of Antigua and Barbuda and the people. We would have looked at the challenges that we are faced with. We also offered solutions because we believe, as a political organization, it is important for us not to criticize, but also to offer recommendations and offer our assistance, because crime is not for the ALP or the UPP. It affects all of us. And we would not want to see Antigua and Barbuda go down a particular road. So I wrote to the AG, asking for a meeting with the delegation, and he agreed, and hence the reason why we’re here.”
He said the Attorney General’s team “outlined a number of matters that we would have raised. They would have said to us some of the things that they are doing in terms of curbing the crime situation in Antigua and Barbuda, and we thought the meeting was quite productive.”
Pringle added, “We’re asking for a continuation of the discussion where we now not only [engage] with the political organization but with the wider community, so there can be a greater communication between the police, the legal affairs office, all stakeholders, and the public, because we believe this is something that we can arrest and we’re willing to work along to make sure that Antigua and Barbuda remains the safest place in the world.”
The meeting followed a formal request made by Pringle earlier this month, amid growing national concern over gun-related violence.
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