Antigua Labour Party crushes governing UPP in general election

CMC:

Prime Minister designate, Gaston Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) to a crushing victory in the general elections on Thursday.



Browne, 47, said from all indications, it appears that the ALP will win 15 of the 17 seats in the general election and welcomed the offer of outgoing prime minister Baldwin Spencer to work with his administration for the good of Antigua and Barbuda.



The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission has not yet given the full results of the polls, more than 12 hours after the 164 polling stations closed.



It has only said of the six seats declared, the ALP has won five and the outgoing United Progressive Party (UPP), the other.



The outgoing Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has conceded defeat as the main opposition ALP appears headed for a landslide victory a decade after it was booted out of office in 2004.



The election result has left Browne elated.



"It is evident that the people have spoken and they have spoken resoundingly," Browne said in a radio and television broadcast, adding that he was very humble by the mandate given to his party.



But he reminded the nation that the work has just begun adding the reality is that this country is in dire straits and would require the efforts of the entire nation.



Browne, describing the victory as one for the people, said he was determined to implement policies and measures that would make Antigua and Barbuda an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean.



Browne has pledged to make the island an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean during his first term in office.



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