Anguilla Rejects The Ruling AUF, Hon. Hubert Hughes leads AUM to Victory.

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(The Valley, Anguilla) The Island of Anguilla, having suffered a serious economic crunch under the Anguilla United Front, under the leadership of former Chief Minister Osbourne Fleming and former Minister of Finance Victor Banks, on February 15, completely rejected the party. The Anguilla United Movement (AUM) lead by former Chief Minister Hubert Hughes secured a comprehensive victory winning four of the five districts they competed in, namely districts, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

The AUF managed to retain Districts 1 and 3 but even where there was victory, there was much less than overwhelming support.   In District 1, Mr. Othlyn Vanterpool secured just over 33% of voters, assisted ably by the other votes being split between four other candidates. In District 3, incumbant Mr. Evans McNeil Rogers won his AUF seat by a mere 25 votes over Sutcliffe Hodge.

District two, the seat held previously by former Chief Minister, Osbourne Fleming, was lost by Cora Richardson Hodge to Jerome Roberts, the lone successful candidate for the Anguilla Progressive Party.

The next Chief Minister based on the February 15 results, will be the Hon. Hubert Hughes.

Mr. Hughes inherits a government struggling to meet payroll, in an island badly battered by mismanagement leading into the Global Economic Crisis.

Analysis of the AUF could reveal a badly fractured political party ripped apart by competing heads.