Lester Bird resigns

CMC – Lester Bird has stepped down officially as Opposition Leader in parliament, after he was defeated for the top post by Gaston Browne.



In a letter sent to Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Take, Bird wrote that he wished to “demit office as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, effective immediately”.



Bird, 74, a former prime minister, told the head of state that Gaston Browne, the Member of Parliament for St. John’s City west, had been elected as the new leader of the Antigua Labour Party.



Browne defeated Bird by a 213-180 margin on November 25, to take control of the main opposition party now preparing to rebuild in time for the general election.



It is the first time in the party’s 66 year history that it is not led by a member of the Bird family.



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