United Progressive Party (UPP) leader Jamale Pringle has confirmed that Wayne Benjamin Marsh will not contest the St. Paul constituency for the party in the upcoming general elections, according to Antigua.news.
The UPP is expected to name a replacement candidate shortly.
Marsh, an attorney who had been serving as the party’s caretaker in St. Paul, is reportedly unwilling to renounce his United States citizenship — a constitutional requirement for eligibility to serve in Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda.
He had spent several years building support in the constituency and was widely seen as the UPP’s main challenger to incumbent MP E.P. Chet Greene of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP).
The Constitution bars individuals who have pledged allegiance to a foreign state from serving in Parliament unless that allegiance is formally renounced.
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Marsh is not the only UPP candidate with that issue
The ONE AND ONLY DULY ELECTED LEADER OF THE UPP is the HON LARS JAMALE PRINGLE.
Do not be distracted by fake news about his resignation. He is the ONE. He is the man of the moment. His leadership is VALID. All other wannabes and empty vessels need to win at convention, not merely wish to be the leader. So once again for the record:
The ONE AND ONLY DULY ELECTED LEADER OF THE UPP is the HON. LARS JAMALE PRINGLE.
@brix..this is the unity you hoped for?like taking candy from a child
Crooks and vagabonds abound. So he did not know that before? Gimme a break.
This ain’t even funny now. I would usually laugh and full my comments with laughing emoji but this is just sad and pathetic on all ends. Another failure under Jamal Pringle leadershit. And also didn’t Wayne B. Marsh as a trained lawyer knew that its in the constitution of Antigua and Barbuda you have to renounce your dual citizenship to sit in parliament as your oath of alligence is to the state of ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA. This is why nobody takes UPP serious except for the 5 old farts who continue to comment on ANR. Them full of SHIT💩💩💩💩💩💩!!!
@RED TILL ME DEAD – More than full a shit. This is distasteful now. You just cannot make up this kind a story. So a last minute now fu go fin’ smaddy fu run pan dis ticket. Sigh! @Brix – Let me hear your take on this.
What about Sherfied’s US citizenship? Did he ever renounce it?
Is this a constitutional requiremnt? didn’t you know about his dual citizenship before?
Why Wayne did that to UPP at the 11th hour if he knew he wasn’t going to surrender his US citizenship? Made the party waste time and money investing political capital into him, just to turn his back on the party when they need him.
I never even heard of this man so I will guess he wasn’t impactful as a “caretaker” and I’m sure Chet would blaze his ass so it’s best he holds on to his citizenship.
Why Wehner didn’t talk bout that? Yes I’m on his case cause he attacking Baltimore but not Wayne and his people. Get out man
Yet US Citizens like Lester Bird born to an Antiguan father could become PM.
This is one reason why Antiguans & Barbudans in the Diaspora are reluctant to return to the nation to make any significant changes through their experiences.
@ LESTER WAS NOT AN ANTIGUAN BY BIRTH
That is correct, but he did renounce his birth place and citizenship. While the constitution does not make provision for someone of non-Antiguan birth, it does demand that you renounce any foreign citizenship before you can run for office.
Is he born Antiguan and gained US citizenship or was be born a US citizen?
If we was born Antiguan and refuses to renounce his US citizenship then that speaks volumes to the electorate.
Can this be clarified for the readers?