[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="0px|||||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.19.4" _module_preset="default" width="100%" max_width="100%" custom_margin="36px|auto||auto|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="10px||||false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="1px||0px|||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids="40100,40101,40102,40103,40104" posts_number="7" show_title_and_caption="off" show_pagination="off" admin_label="2 or more images" _builder_version="4.19.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_gallery][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.19.4" _module_preset="default" width="100%" max_width="100%" custom_margin="36px|auto||auto|false|false" custom_margin_tablet="10px||||false|false" custom_margin_phone="" custom_margin_last_edited="on|phone" custom_padding="1px|||||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_text admin_label="Article" _builder_version="4.19.5" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="2px||7px||false|false" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"]https://youtu.be/bCk-uEwRizA Members of the Opposition United Progressive Party are currently picketing the office of the prime minister, against a decision by the government to consider granting asylum to the Africans who are entangled in the chartered flight fiasco. UPP Jamal Pringle and several other members of the party are currently at the picket. "Democracy not dictatorship", "we are against human trafficking" and "save Antigua and Barbuda" are a few of the slogans written on placards at the picket. Residents and party members are currently assembled along the streets. Last week, the UPP leadership called on the Cabinet to halt its unilateral plans to regularize the status of more than 600 West Africans “stranded” here. The UPP’s contention is that there was absolutely no consultation with the people or their elected representatives. The party said while it is not against granting safety to Africans or anyone for that matter, their issue is that it must be a national undertaking and residents need to have more information about the refugees. In a statement released by the party last week Thursday, the UPP says like thousands of citizens and residents, they demand to know who has offered the African visitors a choice; who has reported that they are likely to choose to stay; and what arrangement, exactly, will be made to ensure their status is legal? https://antigua.news/2023/02/07/watch-pringle-to-take-african-concerns-to-international-human-trafficking-agencies/[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src="http://antigua.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/grupo-whatsapp.jpeg" title_text="grupo whatsapp" url="https://chat.whatsapp.com/F8e53TexjT07KLcGsTw5HV?loadIn=defaultBrowser" align="center" _builder_version="4.19.4" _module_preset="default" width="30%" width_tablet="100%" width_phone="100%" width_last_edited="on|desktop" max_width="100%" module_alignment="center" custom_margin="||13px|||" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label="Article" _builder_version="4.19.5" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="2px||||false|false" global_colors_info="{}"]Meanwhile Police had to intervene moments ago as the UPP continues its picket of the prime minister’s office over the African issue The protestors were given permission to carry out their protest on the southern side of Queen Elizabeth Highway in the vicinity of parliament and the PM’s office. However, protestors were assembling on the northern side and were prevented to do so by police. View story here: https://antigua.news/2023/02/07/watchupp-picketing-pms-office-over-african-asylum/[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]
