SLP Hails Success Of “Walk for Progress”

The Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) has hailed its “Walk for Progress,” which drew large crowds from all 17 constituencies, as a success. In a sea of red, supporters took to the streets on Sunday to show their backing for the SLP government’s achievements since its election to government on July 26, 2021. The walk began at the Vigie Playing Field and ended at the Castries Market. Before the event, the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) had suggested that the walk was a strategy to gauge SLP support ahead of a possible early election. However, Prime Minister and SLP leader Philip J. Pierre dismissed the notion. Pierre also called for unity. “There are certain things we have to work on together. We cannot continue to divide the country. We cannot continue these personal attacks. We cannot continue to spoil the name of the country abroad,” he asserted. “This is a democracy and there is room for an opposition. There always will be an opposition. I was in opposition myself, I understand the opposition, but the idea of destroying the country, we must stop it. This country does not belong to me. It belongs to the people,” Pierre said. Former UWP...