{"id":7143,"date":"2010-03-31T13:26:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2010-03-31T14:18:44","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T20:18:44","slug":"breaking-news-court-overturns-election-results-antigua-prime-minister-seat-under-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/breaking-news-court-overturns-election-results-antigua-prime-minister-seat-under-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Court overturns election results; Antigua Prime Minister seat under threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/BaldwinSpencer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7155\" title=\"BaldwinSpencer\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/BaldwinSpencer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baldwin Spencer, Leader of the United Progressive Party casting his vote during the Antigua &amp; Barbuda elections. Credit: www.stlucia.gov.lc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ST JOHN\u2019S, Antigua, CMC &#8211; A High Court judge on Wednesday ruled that the election of three government parliamentarians, including Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, was invalid, throwing the United Progressive Party (UPP) administration into a tailspin.<\/p>\n<p>However, Justice Louise Blenman has confirmed that Trevor Walker of the government-aligned Barbuda People Movement (BPM) was duly elected to lone seat on the sister island in the March 12, 2009 poll.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Prime Minister Spencer, as well as Tourism Minister John Maginley and Education Minister Jacqui Quinn-Leandro will be forced to demit their seats, making way for either a by-election in those constituencies or a general election.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Wednesday\u2019s decision, the ruling UPP has six of the 17 seats in Parliament, while\u00a0the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) now command seven. 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