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Prime Minister Gaston Browne criticized the judicial system for sentencing a 59-year-old man to only three years for raping a 12-year-old girl, noting the victim contracted herpes. Browne argued the punishment is insufficient given the lifelong health consequences for the child.
Gaston Browne’s Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party appears set to win a fourth term in a snap election, projected to take 15 of 17 parliamentary seats, with opposition UPP and Barbuda People’s Movement losing ground (UPP’s Jamale Pringle won his seat and Barbuda Movement won Barbuda). Analysts say defections and opposition disarray helped the result, while Browne frames the win as stability amid global pressures and visa-policy tensions affecting travel and investment debates over citizenship-by-investment reforms.