BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (December 27th 2009) - BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, December 27th 2009 (PAM Secretariat) - Leader of the People’s Action Movement (PAM) Lindsay Grant has levelled some stinging criticisms against the Douglas-led administration, accusing them of stressing citizens and residents of the Federation.
Grant said that the delay in the Prime Minister calling the elections, his incompetence to properly run the affairs of the federation, failing to stem the rapid increase in crime and violence, refusal to end discrimination and victimization, failure to address corruption are among some of the ills of the Denzil Douglas led administration and therefore the public can afford to take no more and as such he strongly believes that the public continues to be stressed.
Grant said that he views the Prime Minister’s actions of delaying the calling of elections as a clear case of deliberately frustrating the public, noting that it’s evident that the public would respond with anger and dissent. He said that Dr. Douglas as to be cognizant of his action noting that there are serious repercussions.
The PAM leader noted that examining the actions and decisions taken by Dr Douglas it’s vivid for someone to be drawn to the conclusion that his actions should be seen as deliberate and desperate. He pointed out that the Prime Minister has been applying selfish tactics calling on members of the pubic to rebel against such actions of the Prime Minister. “You have the power to let your voice be heard as I urge you to rebel; so that he knows that you are not prepared to sit back quietly,” Grant said.
He pointed out that Government when confronted by the thoughts and fears of losing an election concocts schemes and plans to sway voters adding that the public is very tired thus he foresees that the federation will see a swooping change. Grant warned that with the public being forced to endure14 odd years of irresponsible and immature leadership of the Government it has resulted in people reaching a stage where they can explode “I warn the Prime Minister to be careful as the patience of this population could burst at any time,’ Grant warned.
He quizzed the many promises that the federation’s Prime Minister continues to make to the people questioning why government is unable and incapable of providing certain basic necessities like desks and chairs at schools, reliable electricity service, tools for the security forces, training and educational development of certain public officials among others. He declared that Government should be made to answer its many failures noting that while Government cannot provide basic services like electricity they can appear on political campaign making numerous promises.
Grant in making another appeal for support so as to effectively promote and publicize the many atrocities of the Douglas administration pointed out that while the Prime Minister demonstrate no respect for the federation’s legal system he the Prime Minister had the audacity and insensitivity to tell the public that his administration has done a good job in creating employment, fighting crime and violence, building homes among others.
“We have lived for over 14 years under a labor administration headed by Dr Denzil Douglas with nothing being done to alleviate the poverty and sufferings being experienced by the poor let us face the reality, Douglas takes significant advantage of the poor and down trodden,” he argued.
“Our federation’s school children are being promised a laptop while school supplies and books are not enough at the schools. Let us not be deliberately be fooled by Dr Douglas’s promises,” he declared. Grant declared that there should be an investigation into the many reports and allegations of corruption within Government noting that taxpayers have a right to know how their monies have been spent.
He further slammed Dr Douglas to demand a public explanation from Marcella Liburd regarding court papers filed against her by the children of her late brother. “She should be made to answer for any wrongdoings that may have been committed as she is running for public office thus the public needs to know,” he said.
