PM Reasserts UPP Stronghold

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Sunday, 06 May 2012 20:43

By Alex Holder

Antigua St John's - Senior members of the United Progressive Party might not always be on the same page, but its leader and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda has assured the nation that the team remains “in the struggle together” and it is with that union that the party will continue to lead the country.

Addressing the masses at a recent UPP Political Rally, the Prime Minister said, “We are together to ensure that Antigua and Barbuda moves forward.” He commended the party’s executive and general membership for their support, encouragement and “burning desire to do good” for the country.

“We can’t afford to move. We have to remain firm and we have to ensure that we defy all the odds. We have to continue to keep the faith and hold the line,” Spencer told supporters.

The country’s leader reminded the gathering that the nation has indeed been through “difficult and challenging times” lately and it is in that breath that it must look at the shape of the state and recognize the strategic progress realized.

He went further to warn the Opposition Antigua Labour Party that the government would no longer sit idly by and allow their tantrums to go unanswered, corrupt the minds of the public and ultimately undermine all the administration’s achievements of the past eight years.

“We are ready for them… We have had enough of their rhetoric. We have had enough of their nonsense, and we are going to take it to them… in many ways and in many forms.”

Further, the PM is convinced that the “report card” of his two-term administration is untarnished and formidable in comparison to the track record of the former government. And stated clearly that he was not daunted by the proposed vote of no confidence against him for Parliament at the next sitting.

In fact, the Prime Minister has said his government “deserves another term in office”.

No Confidence Vote
“As leader of this government, I am not afraid. I have absolutely no need to fear…  I always believe that the truth, no matter how bad it is, will always win all in the end,” the PM said in response to the no confidence threat against him.

“I am not afraid. Vote of no confidence or no vote of no confidence, you are in safe hands with Baldwin Spencer. You are in safe hands with the United Progressive Party.”

Regarding the people’s expressed disappointment in the UPP administration, Spencer asked that these individuals “compare” their disappointment today to their disappointment in 2004 when they voted for a change in the country’s leadership.

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