UWP Says SLP ‘Walk For Progress’ A Mask For Failures

The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has strongly condemned the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) over the upcoming ‘Walk for Progress’, asserting it is a desperate attempt to mask the Government’s failures. The SLP has planned the event for Sunday. Opposition spokesman Lenard ‘Spider’ Montoute told St. Lucia Times the walk was a “shameless attempt to deflect from reality’. According to Montoute, at a time when the healthcare system is in shambles and homicide numbers are at the highest in years, there is no such thing as success for the Labour government. He also questioned the rationale behind the SLP organising Sunday’s walk. Montoute asserted that typically it’s the kind of the activity that opposition parties plan to highlight Government shortcomings. “What is there to refer to as a success? This Government has been a dismal failure – not to mention the CIP scandal, the Bananes land scandal, the Halls of Justice scandal, the GPH scandal. This is a government of secrets, lies and propaganda. This is the most disastrous, most dismal performance I have ever seen, and I think it’s a coverup,”  the UWP Public Relations Officer declared. Additionally, he indicated that the walk is simply an attempt...