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ANTIGUA | Rights Body ABCRE Flags Gaston Brown's Flawed Prime Ministerial Oath to King Charles

Hours after winning a historic fourth consecutive term, Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s new administration faces a potentially destabilising legal challenge — one rooted not in the ballot box, but in the words spoken at his own swearing-in ceremony.

ST JOHN'S Antigua and Barbuda, May 2, 2026 - The champagne had barely settled on Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party headquarters when a constitutional bombshell landed on the steps of Government House.

The New York based Antigua and Barbuda Campaign for Republic and Electoral Reform (ABCRE) issued a formal statement on Friday declaring that Prime Minister Gaston Browne was not constitutionally installed in office — because the oath he swore was the wrong one.

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne being sworn in as prime minister for the fourth time
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