Antigua and Barbuda’s Opposition leader, Baldwin Spencer, has “utterly opposed” the decision by government to nullify the need for a Board to oversee the Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP).

On Tuesday, the government amended the CIP Act to remove the requirement for a Board which it failed to appoint when changes were first made to the programme in 2014.

According to the Antigua Observer, the Member of Parliament for the St John’s Rural West Constituency said the provision of the Board was a fundamental part of the entire programme, and any action done without its establishment should be called into question.

He said while the ABLP government has chastised the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) for statements made regarding the economic programme, it is their actions that could affect the credibility of the CIP.

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