Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s tribute to the governance skills and competencies of Asot Michael on December 21st, 2019, exactly three years ago, came more than 18 months after he left the Cabinet of Ministers following an interview with law enforcement officials in London in respect of which he has not been charged with any offense.
On Browne’s own admission, he teamed up with the MP for St Peters following the demise of the Antigua Labour Party at the 2004 general election in a “splendid partnership” that revived the ABLP of a period of 10 years. He credits Asot Michael for playing a major role in returning the ABLP to government in 2014 and for the outstanding work that earned him the accolade of Caribbean Tourism Minister of the Year 2016.
Then on July 4th, 2020, the Prime Minister described Michael as the “absolute best” in building relations for the benefit of the State:
“They talking about building relations… The only man that has that skill and is superior to me is comrade Asot Michael… When it comes to building relations and leveraging connections comrade Asot Michael is the absolute best… I can say without any fear of contradiction that there is no one in this country within the UPP or any other political or non-political institution, private or public that have the type of capacity to build relations for the benefit of the State, compared to… comrade Asot Michael. None!”
The video on the servant leadership conduct of Asot Michael, highlights the hypocrisy of Gaston Browne who has flipped flopped, only in the last two years, in order to demonize and dehumanize his “sustaining friend and brother” as unfit for public office on account of alleged “governance flaws”.