ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC -Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney Friday appealed to political events to make sure a peaceable marketing campaign forward of the January 14 by-election for the St. Peter constituency.
The seat grew to become vacant following the homicide of unbiased legislator Asot Michel, 54, who was discovered useless at his residence with “a number of puncture wounds about his physique” on November 5. Police have since charged 27-year-old Alexta Francis together with his homicide.
Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney
Michael, who was first elected to the Home of Representatives for the constituency of Saint Peter in 2004, contested the final basic election on January 18, 2023, as an unbiased candidate after he fell out with the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Occasion (ABLP).
The ABLP and the primary opposition, the United Progressive Occasion (UPP), are contesting the by-election. Rodney mentioned he is aware of there might be conditions the place the events’ occasions coincide with one another’s actions.
“You should have conditions the place you’ll have whistle stops…and one other celebration could be having an exercise. We’re saying we should always respect one another. Allow us to have the perspective of peace in order that we shouldn’t have any confrontation,” Rodney mentioned throughout a radio interview right here.
He instructed radio listeners that the police stand prepared to keep up order in the course of the electoral course of.
“Each events have submitted their checklist of actions, and now we have been working together with them so we don’t have clashes and conflicts,” he mentioned, including, “The police are ready to go the additional mile to supply that degree of safety.
“We’re asking the political leaders, the supporters, and all these different individuals engaged on these campaigns to be respectful. The laws is there. We now have the Folks’s Illustration Act, the Public Order Act, and laws supplies safety and security measures for us in the neighborhood,” Rodney added.
The ABLP received not one of the 17 seats within the final basic election, with the UPP profitable six seats and the Barbuda Folks’s Motion profitable the seat in Barbuda.
