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Monday 13th June 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3<br />
Gaston greets the people<br />
By Justin Peters<br />
Over the weekend the<br />
ABLP celebrated the 2 nd Anniversary<br />
of assuming leadership<br />
of the government, an<br />
important milestone for the<br />
people of Antigua and Barbuda.<br />
The Prime Minister of Antigua<br />
and Barbuda the Honourable<br />
Gaston Browne took<br />
to the streets of his constituency<br />
to meet those that matter,<br />
the people who trusted him<br />
with the future of their village<br />
and their nation.<br />
In humble form, he started<br />
his walk from The IT Centre<br />
on North Street and made his<br />
way through Booby Alley, a<br />
maze of derelict housing occupied<br />
by many generations<br />
of Antiguans and Barbudans<br />
who came from humble beginnings<br />
just a he did. He was<br />
well received as a brother and<br />
a son of the constituency.<br />
As the walkthrough progressed<br />
he took the time out to<br />
gather feedback from the denizens<br />
of City West, many of<br />
whom knew him as a young<br />
man before becoming a businessman<br />
and before politics.<br />
The prime minister could<br />
be seen engaging persons<br />
from many walks of life,<br />
young old and in between,<br />
supporters and opposition<br />
alike leading by example giving<br />
inclusion to all, physically<br />
embracing not only his admirers,<br />
but also his skeptics.<br />
Visits to the elderly and<br />
shuti-ns were welcome as he<br />
was answered with shouts of<br />
“Browne” of “Gaston” showing<br />
a high level of familiarity<br />
with all those he came across,<br />
drawing smiles and admiration<br />
from children and respect<br />
from adults who readily<br />
shared their views with a son<br />
of the village who has risen to<br />
the position of leadership but<br />
hasn’t erased his genesis from<br />
his mind.<br />
The meet and greet which<br />
started at 3 in the afternoon<br />
and lasted until well into the<br />
evening with a small crowd<br />
gathering and follow the honourable<br />
Prime Minister past<br />
the Adventist church in Rohan<br />
Henry Street all the way down<br />
to the very back of Villa and<br />
back around to the ball courts<br />
facing the new Dredge Bay<br />
Housing Project.