BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - TEAM UNITY candidate for Constituency Number Four Lindsay Grant is blaming civil society for their inactivity in relation to the Motion of No Confidence which was filed 21 months ago and still has not been tabled or debated.
Grant was speaking at a Team Unity press conference held last week when he expressed that the current approach to the issue has gotten the country nowhere.
“It appears to me that the country, including civil society would wish Rome to burn, so that we can have a tabling of the Motion. We have been very clear in how we approach this matter. We have said that we follow the rule of law…but where has that seen us or given us as a result? Absolutely nowhere.”
He added that the behaviour of civil society within the Federation is unprecedented elsewhere.
“Nowhere in the world can you have a motion in parliament for 22 months and nothing has happened. If something were to happen in St. Kitts and Nevis tomorrow, which flares up, gets out of hand, creates chaos in the country, then people are going to be all-of-a-sudden concerned. If civil society would get together, and analyse this issue impartially and clearly; and do what is necessary to be done, we would see how quickly the motion would be tabled,” Grant stated.
He is also of the opinion that the inaction of civil society is suggesting to future generations that what is happening is right.
“We are telling future generations that what is happening today is correct…can’t be. It’s either right or wrong. If it is wrong, let’s bring it to an end.”
Deputy Leader of Peoples Action Movement (PAM), Jonel Powell however revealed that they have been holding the people back and stated that they do have the capabilities to bring the country to a halt.
“We have the capabilities to bring this country to a halt, to shut down the economy and the government. But is that in the best interest of the people? We don’t believe in mashing up the place, but can we do it.”
