The Inconvenient Truth

It would be quite inconvenient for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda if the local press were to report the granting of economic citizenship to a criminal figure or a fugitive from justice, thereby bringing shame on the country's "good name".

Therefore, in the new Bill presented to Parliament last week, designed to launch Antigua's new Citizenship by Investment Program, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda has included regulations that prohibit anyone within its jurisdiction, including the local media, from reporting, discussing, publishing or disseminating information about any aspect of this program's activity, unless approved by a newly created "Unit" in the Prime Minister's Office.