(REAL News) — Urgent calls are being made for constitution reform as it relates to the powers vested in a prime minister.
Many residents believe the rights accorded to the head of government are far too extensive and that Prime Minister Gaston Browne has been abusing his authority to intimidate and otherwise
victimize individuals.
During their industrial action staged on Monday, November 13, some employees of the Antigua Port Authority claimed that Browne has been using his influence to stymie negotiations with the Antigua
Trades and Labour Union (AT&LU), since, for four years, they have been trying to work out a collective bargaining agreement.
The AT&LU is known to have a degree of affiliation with the ruling Antigua Labour Party Administration.
Meanwhile, attorney-at-law Leon Chaku Symister says it appears that even the powers to call a General Election and to appoint a date for swearing in a new member of the Lower House are being abused
by Browne.
Accordingly, Symister says it will require some changes to the Constitution to address this situation and to curtail the powers of a prime minister.
He believes that giving such sweeping powers to this single individual is one of the weaknesses in the country’s Supreme Law.
Symister, the United Progressive Party (UPP) spokesperson on legal issues, says the UPP is therefore committed to Constitution reform and pledges to address this once elected to public office.
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