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STATEMENT BY HON LESTER B BIRD MP

LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

ON  FRIDAY, 30^TH OCTOBER 2009

 

“Independence belongs to all the people”

 

Fellow Citizen and Residents of Antigua and Barbuda

 

I have been urged by members and supporters of the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party to boycott the official independence celebrations because of the abuse of authority by the Governor-General and the absolute disrespect for the Office of Her Majesty’s Leader of the Opposition that she continues to flagrantly display.

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My fellow Citizens and Residents of Antigua and Barbuda

Next Thursday, October 8^th we have the opportunity to register our dissatisfaction with the UPP regime that now mismanages our country bringing hardship on our people that we have not known for over a generation.

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Statement by Hon. Dr. Kenny D. Anthony

Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition

and

Political Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party

To A Press Conference

on

Friday, September 04, 2009

 

 

DECEPTIONS WILL NOT SAVE FREDERICK

 

On Tuesday, September 01, Mr. Richard Frederick, Minister of Physical Development and Housing held a Press Conference to reply to certain statements which I made at a Public Meeting of the Saint Lucia Labour Party on August 27, 2009.  He said that he would ‘bring to light’ the truth.

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My fellow Citizens and Residents of Antigua and Barbuda

I begin this week by drawing attention to the hundreds of people who picketed the UPP regime last Thursday.

This mega picket followed closely the 15,000-people march of two weeks ago.

Together they show that the people of Antigua and Barbuda are utterly fed-up with the failed policies and disastrous practices of the UPP government which, each day, is further impoverishing our people and ruining our economy.

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— Appointment follows extensive search & thorough selection process—BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Aug 17, 2009) – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced the appointment of a new Secretary General.  He is Barbadian Hugh Riley who has been the organization’s Interim Secretary General for the past several months. 

In making the announcement the CTO’s Chairman, Hon. John Maginley, who is Minister of Tourism for Antigua & Barbuda, described Mr. Riley as an experienced Caribbean tourism professional with a clear vision of how to move the tourism sector forward.

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St John’s, August 05, 2009 – The Antigua Labour Party condemns the multi-million dollar price tag on the UPP’s politically motivated Commission of Inquiry as a totally vulgar and hostile act of disrespect to the public interest.

While the UPP has sentenced the people of Antigua and Barbuda to suffer increased economic hardships dishonestly blamed on the global financial situation, Baldwin Spencer and Justin Simon have the unmitigated gall to squander over two million dollars on their name and shame election gimmick.

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Opposition Leader Lester Bird Sunday severely criticised the Speaker of the House of Assembly Giselle Isaac for being “blatantly partisan” and “openly hostile to the opposition benches”.

In his weekly radio broadcast, Bird said that the person occupying the post of Speaker in any country is required to be an impartial and objective arbiter of meetings of the House and is obliged to give the opposition benches a fair and adequate a hearing as the government side.

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