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Antigua and Barbuda invites regional and international electoral observers

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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  Apr 6, CMC -Prime Minister Gaston Browne hs written to three regional and international organizations requesting that they send representatives to observe the general election, the date for which he is expected to announce later this week.

In his letters to the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Secretariat, the Organization of American  States (OAS) and the London-based Commonwealth  Secretariat, Browne wrote it is my intention, on Tuesday, 7 April 2026,  to announce the date for the holding of general  elections to elect a new government”.

Browne, who is seeking a fourth consecutive term as prime minister,  said that in these circumstances the Antigua and Barbuda government “would welcome  the presence of an Electoral Observer Mission,”  adding that “all customary facilities and courtesies accorded to previous Electoral Observer Missions will be extended”.

(Details in Politics section)

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