“He’s Not Doing Anything” – Nancy Charles On Special Prosecutor

Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) Mobilisation Officer Nancy Charles has criticised what she described as an ineffective system of checks and balances currently affecting Saint Lucia. During a September 18th interview on DBS Television’s “News Maker Live” with host Timothy Poleon, Charles stated that more effort is needed to hold public officials accountable for their actions while in office. The Opposition has repeatedly accused the current administration of engaging in corrupt practices, including the mishandling of public funds, the mismanagement of the healthcare system, and questionable land sales. Equally, the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP), now in Government, has consistently accused the former UWP administration of wrongdoing. Nancy Charles declared that the state has made a deliberate attempt to silence those who criticize the SLP government’s practices. “What you have is that politicians are using undue influence to prevent those, perhaps public servants from speaking out and showing that things are not being done properly” she argued. Additionally, Charles criticised the office of Special Prosecutor Robert Innocent for its failure to present any substantive evidence of corruption, despite being in operation for over a year. “He’s not doing anything…We have heard absolutely nothing. Not one interview, not one press release,...