BASSETERRE (20th August, 2009): At least one member of every family in St. Kitts was victimized by the former PAM party administration, according to St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. Denzil Douglas.
“Ordinary people could not enjoy the quality of life that others enjoy because their parents or themselves supported a particular party,” the Prime Minister said on his weekly radio program ‘Ask The PM.'
The Prime Minister said the former PAM administration distributed houses to certain families and individuals, and segregated road construction, in an effort to ensure that communities that supported the opposition would not benefit.
He said that communities that were labeled as supporters of the Labour Party did not benefit from basic infrastructural development.
“Houses were being distributed to only one set of people. And, even the very construction of the island main road was constructed on certain parts of the island,” Douglas claimed.
The Prime Minister called on the young voters to research his allegations to ascertain how many families in the Federation were made to suffer because of their political affiliation.
Douglas warned that a vote for the PAM party is vote for the return of rampant victimization.
“The PAM party has not changed,” he said.
“Our young people need to understand that in every single family in this country at least one member can express some degree of victimization suffered as a result of politics from the PAM party,” Douglas said.
The Prime Minister is confident that if a poll was to be conducted, which asked people about the former PAM administration the issue of victimization would surely dominate the responses.
“They will not tell you that a road was built on the South East Peninsular. They (would) speak of victimization and corruption in the highest degree from the former administration of 15 years,” he said.
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