Political Leader of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) Gaston Browne has stoutly rejected the request by Attorney Vere Bird III to contest the next general elections on the ALP ticket.

In what’s being deemed as an unprecedented development, officials of the Chinese Embassy have strongly objected to the latest tactic by the Antigua Labour Party-aligned group, Lone Wolf, which raised the Tibetan and Taiwanese flags on Monday to illustrate its disapproval of the Chinese-funded Wadadli Power Plant deal.