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ALP Administration’s rental of ALP Headquarters
is conflict of interest, UPP says
The Leadership and Central Executive of the United Progressive Party (UPP) place on record their concern – and that of many conscious residents – about the use of “The People’s Place,” the headquarters of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP), by the Gaston Browne Administration.
These premises reportedly are being rented by Government schools for graduation exercises and, this week, were used by the Ministry of Education for a Principals’ Workshop.
Given that the Government owns other suitable properties – including the Harrison Centre, the Multipurpose Cultural Centre, the UWI – Five Islands campus, the John E. St Luce Financial Centre, and the National Public Library – the Party perceives such use of the ALP Headquarters by the ALP Administration as a conflict of interest meant to generate financial and psychological benefits for that party.
It is not lost on residents that the Browne Administration has deliberately allowed the deterioration of public property – such as the abandoned former Parliament Building – in an apparent bid to justify the rental of private premises owned by Cabinet cronies and front-men.
Further, it cannot be forgotten that, in the heart of the COVID-19 lockdown, when the Browne Administration could not pay its creditors and refused to grant stimulus/relief packages to vulnerable families and small businesses, the ALP Headquarters was being built at full speed
– even as the neighbouring NTTC Building languished, despite its purported $20 million refurbishment budget.
At present, the Dialysis Unit on the Holberton compound stands unfinished; the St. John’s Police Station is sliding into dereliction; the Deluxe Cinema remains as it was; the Sunshine Hub appears to have been abandoned; the Knuckleblock buildings are in dire need of repair; and the Tranquility Park Cemetery remains a virtual paddock – all while the Browne Administration spent millions on the upkeep of the Alfa Nero yacht and its associated legal expenses.
In short, while the public pays for rentals, its own assets are purposely allowed to deteriorate and depreciate.
The UPP condemns this sinister enrichment strategy of the Browne Cabinet and calls on all right-thinking citizens and residents to do the same.
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