Mallet To Be Struck From Serenity Park

MP for Castries Central and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Housing and Local Government, Richard Frederick, says he will soon deliver on another campaign promise, removing Sir George William Mallet’s name from Serenity Park. The late Mallet was a politician who was Governor-General of Saint Lucia and held a number of high offices, including Deputy Prime Minister. He was the United Workers Party (UWP) MP for Castries Central and died in 2010. In 2019, Richard Frederick who had broken ranks with the UWP, had vowed to return what became “The Sir George William Mallet Serenity Park,” back to simply “Serenity Park”. Frederick, then Castries Central MP and Housing Minister in the UWP administration, commissioned Serenity Park in Sans Souci on May 15, 2011. On February 13, 2019, the UWP government renamed the park as part of activities for the island’s 40th independence anniversary. The park was renamed the Sir George William Mallet Serenity Park with a plaque bearing the new name. However, during Monday’s pre-cabinet press briefing, Frederick, now a member of the cabinet of the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP), disclosed that as of Wednesday, the park will close to undergo some structural...