ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC—Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to the Governor Basic, Rodney Williams, indicating that the by-election within the St. Peter constituency can be held on January 14, subsequent yr.
A authorities assertion stated that Browne wrote to the top of state on Thursday, the identical day of the burial of Asot Michel, 54, the parliamentary consultant for St. Peter, who was discovered lifeless at his residence with “a number of puncture wounds about his physique” on November 5.
Police have since charged 27-year-old Alexta Francis along with his homicide. In keeping with the federal government assertion, the writ for the by-election can be issued on Monday, December 23, with Nomination Day scheduled for December 31.
Michael contested the final common election on January 18, 2023, as an impartial candidate after he fell out with the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Get together (ABLP).
The ABLP received not one of the 17 seats within the parliament, with the primary opposition, the United Progressive Get together, profitable six seats and the Barbuda Individuals’s Motion profitable the seat in Barbuda.
Michael was first elected to the Home of Representatives for the constituency of Saint Peter in 2004.
