00:00now for more details as citizens in Antigua and Barbuda go to the poll in
00:05these early elections let's go live with our special envoy in the country Belén
00:09de los Santos for everything that is taking place this important day for that
00:13Caribbean nation hello Luis exactly such a pleasure to meet you in this day in
00:21Antigua and Barbuda we continue here in St. John's particularly in the
00:24constituency of St. John's City West this is one of the schools that is acting
00:32the church actually that is acting as a polling district polling station we are
00:37right here actually this constituency is the one for which PM Gaston Brown PM
00:43from Antigua and Barbuda is running for the ABLP the Antigua and Barbuda Labour
00:49Party remember that every constituency has its own candidates for both main
00:56parties in this case the AB LP and also the UPP for that opposition the Alistair
01:03Thomas candidate is running in this district so let's recall a little bit
01:08of what is happening here polls have opened since 6 a.m. we are seeing a slow
01:14but steady turnout people are coming here let's recall and let's understand
01:19that every every polling station here in Antigua and Barbuda has in terms of
01:26comparison if we compare it to elections in other places for example in the
01:30continent the numbers of course in terms of population are much lower that means
01:35the turnout it seems and looks different but we are seeing people that have come
01:41here from very early in the morning in another part of the Antiguan Island PM
01:47Gaston Brown already voted as well very early in the morning let's recall as well
01:53that the polling stations will remain open until 6 p.m. that is the time set for
02:01the closing of these stations that is when the voting will close will begin and
02:07after 7 p.m. 8 p.m. we might be seeing some results what are we looking at well
02:14each constituency as the one that we are in right now will take all the ballot
02:20boxes to one of the counting stations and from that counting station they will
02:25can begin the process and then say and decide and announce what are the numbers
02:31for that district in particular when all the numbers comes in we're going to have a
02:36clear picture of who is the winner for each constituency remember the one who
02:41gets the most of the 17 constituencies will decide who is the name next prime
02:47minister for the following five years that is what is happening here we'll
02:51continue of course reporting here from different places we're moving around the
02:57city this capital of Antigua and Bermuda for now Luis I go back to you
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