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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
CASTRIES – Opposition Leader Kenny Anthony says he is fed up with the current state of affairs in St. Lucia and has served notice of protests against the Stephenson King led administration.
“I am today putting not only the (opposition) St. Lucia Labour Party but the country as well on the alert because the issues confront the island involve everyone, as the country is in a tailspin with the economy contracting and in a recession,” Anthony said.
He pointed to the issue of domestic energy prices, charging that the United Workers Party (UWP) government had handled the situation “very badly”, with St. Lucians unable to benefit from recent reductions in the world oil price.
Anthony also highlighted the current state of governance in the country, saying “there is no sign of direction or leadership.
“All of this makes it absolutely imperative that the people of St. Lucia speak out in a clear and loud voice and we will give them an opportunity to do so,” he said.
The opposition leader said he had already written to the Attorney General threatening legal action against the current administration over the so-called Tuxedo-Gate affair, involving Health Minister Dr. Keith Mondesir.
The opposition is maintaining claims that Dr. Mondesir violated the Tourism Incentive Act in furnishing his private residence with items that were imported duty free for Tuxedo Villas, which he owns, even though the Minister has consistently denied the charges.
Anthony also told SLP supporters at a meeting this week that three unnamed government ministers were involved in an attempt to obtain millions of dollars from an unidentified foreign investor.
He said his letter to the Attorney General was really the first step in dealing with what he termed as “this nonsense which passes for government”.
“They (the people) are being very tolerant, they are being very patient, they have handled themselves within the boundaries the law, within the practices and conventions of parliamentary politics and its simply too much.”
“So the Labour Party has in fact put its supporters and the whole country on the alert that it will take the next logical step of expressing its dissatisfaction through public protests and an announcement of when this will begin will be made shortly,” he said.
The St. Lucia Labour Party was voted out of office in December 2006 general elections after serving two terms in Government.
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