Antigua and Barbuda political parties enter the final weekend of campaigning for the March 21 general elections staging rallies in a bid to woe undecided voters.
While there are seven political parties and five independents vying for control of the 17-seat Parliament, political observers say the contest is a straight fight between the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) and the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP).
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who is leading the ABLP into a second general election, is promising to follow his prime ministerial colleague in Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, where he led his New National party (NNP) to a complete rout of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by winning all 15 seats.
In the 2014 general election, the ABLP won 14 of the 17 seats with the remainder going to the UPP.
Browne called the election more than a year ahead of the constitutional deadline, telling supporters his administration wanted to safeguard billions of dollars in new investments to come to the country in the next few years.
