No Elections ‘Anytime Soon’ – Pierre Criticises ‘Power Hungry’ Politicians

Amid opposition urgings for a return to the polls, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has responded that it won’t happen soon. Pierre preceded his comments by warning Saint Lucians not to be carried away by power-hungry politicians who refuse to understand the right of the people to elect the government or remove it when the time comes. “I can assure you there are going to be no elections in Saint Lucia anytime soon. Elections are called by the Prime Minister,” he told reporters at Monday’s pre-cabinet press briefing. Pierre declared that the trend would continue. “No one will ever be able to say to the Prime Minister, it has not happened before, it won’t happen now, when to call elections,” he declared. “The Prime Minister will call elections and the Prime Minister will ensure that he follows constitutional requirements for elections. So all this disorder and this deliberate creation of trying to pretend there is a chaos and there is crisis in this country, that will not go anywhere. It will just keep the country back and I am calling on all Saint Lucians to disregard this power-hungry situation happening in this country,” the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) leader...