Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle to announce new candidate for St. George as MP Algernon Watts will not seek election
The United Progressive Party (UPP) has confirmed that a new representative will contest the St. George constituency in the next general election, as current opposition MP Algernon “Serpent” Watts will not seek re-election.
The announcement came during the party’s New Year Address, delivered by Political Leader and Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Jamale Pringle. While outlining what he described as a strong and service-driven team ready to lead Antigua and Barbuda into a new era of accountability, Pringle noted that only one final candidate remains to be named.
“In a matter of weeks, I will be naming the candidate for St. George, after that Branch completes the required process,” Pringle said.
Watts, who won the seat for the UPP in 2023 in a major upset over the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), has opted not to return to frontline politics, prompting anticipation around who will be the party’s next standard bearer in the high-profile constituency.
Full List of UPP Caretakers Announced
Pringle unveiled the following lineup — individuals he says are prepared “to rebuild and restructure with people-first leadership”:
• Hon. Sherfield Bowen – St. Phillip South
• Senator Alex Browne – St. Phillip North
• Wayne Benjamin Marsh – St. Paul
• Captain George Wehner – St. Peter
• Senator Johnathon Joseph – St. Mary’s North
• Hon. Kelvin Simon – St. Mary’s South
• Senator Pearl Quinn-Williams – St. John’s City East
• Alister Thomas – St. John’s City West
• Franz deFreitas – St. John’s City South
• Ashworth Azille – St. John’s Rural East
• Hon. Richard Lewis – St. John’s Rural West
• Malaka Parker – St. John’s Rural North
• Emanuel Peters – St. John’s Rural South
• Harold Lovell – All Saints West
• Hon. Jamale Pringle – All Saints East & St. Luke
The St. George candidate — the 16th position — remains pending.
Pringle urged citizens to ensure their voter status is current as the UPP prepares for what it calls a pivotal election offering national reset and renewal.
“This journey is not ours alone,” he noted. “It will require all of us working together and putting the country first.”
Political observers expect St. George to be one of the most competitive races in the next general election, with the UPP eager to retain the constituency and the ABLP determined to reclaim it.
The official announcement of the party’s candidate is expected within weeks.
Best choice ever
Best decision ever, man as useless as a male paw-paw tree standing in grass field.
Hahahah. I promised myself last year I want to try to be a better person but you making that so hard for me to do right now
I think the UPP already know who they have in mind
I wonder if this change will shake things up or just maintain the status quo. Time will tell
So his love for his constituents just ended because he start off car rental company and have businesses left right and center. Well tough love!
I see the ALP paid prostitutes are out in numbers. Guess they missed the part about ,” health.”
When you’ve sold your soul out for filthy lucre, the concept of conscience is obsolete. You fools are as unconscionable and dirty as your boss!
The corruption, skulduggery, treachery, deception, greed and cronieism have afflicted our country like a plague. Have a read of a description of the perilous times we live in from a biblical perspective and clearly, Antigua epitomizes those perilous times.
Well Serpy already done set up himself so he can afford to abandon the people of St George
I heard that they are planning to go with Kelton Dalso, a former DNA candidate, as the UPP candidate for St George’s. From what I am hearing that Mr Dalso came out of the bowel to Laborites and he might be the next Anthony Smith if elected to parliament as the UPP candidate for St George’s. School children said that Mr Dalso always wanted to a minister of government on the Labor Party ticket. If the UPP is a steppingstone for him like Anthony Smith, please doing your thing, Dalso. You are a native born and you have legal rights to switch from one political party to the next. True Labor, DNA, UPP and then home base to the ABLP.
Mr was never really interested in politics. We know it!
Mr was never really interested in politics. We know it!