WATCH: Newly elected MP for St John’s Rural West Michael Joseph says victory was “overwhelming,” credits youth vote for win
Michael Joseph, the newly elected Member of Parliament for St John’s Rural West, says the confidence placed in him by young voters left him overwhelmed and re-energised after a gruelling five-week campaign across a constituency of nearly 6,000 constituents.
He speaks to Antigua.News following the swearing in of the Prime Minister and Attorney General.
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