Prime Minister Gaston Browne is urging a more measured political climate following his party's decisive general election victory, calling on political actors to abandon what he described as "vitriolic rhetoric" in national discourse.
According to Antigua News Room, Browne made the remarks during an appearance on the Browne and Browne Show on Pointe FM on Saturday, stating that the tone of political engagement must shift as Antigua and Barbuda enters a new governing term following the April 30 general election.
"I don't think that there is any need for the kind of rancor and the vitriolic rhetoric that we have seen before," Browne said.
The Prime Minister argued that misinformation and hostile political messaging had failed to resonate with the broader electorate, ultimately proving ineffective beyond each party's core base.
"All this misinformation, disinformation, all the rancor, all of the rhetoric — they do not work," he said, contending that such tactics tend to confine parties to their existing supporters rather than broadening their appeal.
Browne also signalled his intention to adopt a more statesmanlike posture during the new term, prioritising governance over political confrontation. "I don't know, as a full-term prime minister, that I need to be in any quarrels with anybody at this point," he said.
His comments follow the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party's landslide win, in which the ABLP secured 15 of 17 parliamentary seats, significantly strengthening its mandate to govern.
Browne said the scale of the election result should prompt all political actors to reassess their approach and work toward a more constructive national environment.
