Atg: Election codes of conduct

Somebody in Antigua wants politics to be other than a knock down, drag out, bare-knuckled mud fight.

Within the past three weeks political candidates have signed two different codes of conduct, one by the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) candidates of their own making and the other by the Antigua Christian Council (ACC) called a Code of Ethics, which has been signed by both United Progressive Party (UPP) and ALP candidates.
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Both codes of conduct prescribe the behaviour of candidates leading up to Election Day along with the types of advertising campaigns that should take place.

Paramount in both codes is the understanding that there should be no incitement to violence, no name calling, no character assassinations, no actual violence either by candidates or supporters and a general understanding that despite the heated campaigning for party support, it would be done in an orderly and peaceful way.

The question has to be asked, though, how come within days of both parties signing these codes there has been an outbreak of campaign violence and vandalism and why have leaders of both parties not been able to bring the same under control.

What are the chances of John Kerry signing such a code? Not much.