Guy Joseph Questions Whether NCOPT Is ‘Playing Politics’

Former Transport Minister Guy Joseph has called out the National Council on Public Transportation (NCOPT) for its inaction regarding the deplorable state of Saint Lucia’s roads. He wanted to know whether the organisation was ‘playing politics’. “Why is it that when it was Belair, they called for a strike action on a community that it was less than a mile of road with some potholes? They shut down the service in that community,” Joseph, who once headed the NCOPT, said. On Tuesday, the former Castries South East MP spoke at an opposition United Workers Party (UWP) news conference. “So is the National Council on Public Transportation playing politics or are they representing the interests of the people?” Joseph asked. He noted that the Council had demanded an apology over Infrastructure Minister Stephenson King’s remarks. Late last year, King had this response to the NCOPT’s complaints about deplorable road conditions: “I also would like the National Transportation Council to address the issues pertaining to minibus operators who are violating the laws, the laws which govern the operation of public transportation in Saint Lucia and others who are violating the rights of other people – the rights of young women and other...