Cayon, December 15, 2009 (Labour Secretariat) - Parliamentary Representative for Constituency #8, the Hon. Cedric Liburd, told the people of Upper Cayon that he is the best choice to represent them in the National Assembly and has urged them to vote for him in the upcoming election.
“I will hear you and take your message forward,” Liburd told hundreds of supporters cloaked in a sea of red at a public meeting in Upper Cayon. “I am your servant and I will look after you.”
Speaking to the “tremendous quality of life” of the people of Cayon over the past 14 and a half years, Liburd rejected spurious claims by his political contender, Eugene Hamilton of the People’s Action Movement, that he had done nothing in his constituency over the last five years.
In his three terms in office, Minister Liburd said that the people “have seen representation at its highest” and that “when you look at my record you will see success in this constituency”.
In giving an account of his stewardship over the last five years, Liburd said that 400 plots of land had been allocated for the people of Cayon; roads were paved in the communities of Upper Cayon, including St. Mary’s Terrace; commissioned water reservoirs and wells to upgrade the water supply of the community that had been having water woes since 1980; a brand new community center built with the aid of the Taiwanese government; expansion of Cayon Primary School and Cayon High School; and other areas of development, including social development.
Minister Liburd called on the people of Cayon to reject Eugene Hamilton as their choice in the next general election because he “cannot be trusted” and he has been involved in too many money scandals.
Mr. Hamilton is presently embroiled in the British American Insurance Company (BAICO) that has seen 130 million dollars of investors money unaccounted for. As manager of BAICO in St. Kitts, he has been accused of ignoring the calls and complaints of his clients, who feel that they have no recourse to their missing investments.
Before that Hamilton was involved in a scandal at National Caribbean Insurance Company (NCIC), where as manager he covered a claim for a fire at the Democrat Printing Company when the company had no insurance policy with NCIC.
The Blom Cooper Report, which was the result of the Commission of Enquiry that was established on July 14, 1999 and submitted to the Governor General on February 3, 2000, to investigate financial improprieties within the People’s Action Movement from 1980-1999 found Hamilton wanting.
The report found that Hamilton, who was then General Manager of National Caribbean Insurance Company (NCIC), had acted with impropriety, when he made an “ex gratia” payment of $100,000.00 less premium payment $4000.00, which equaled $96,000, to the Democrat Printery for a fire sustained in 1993 although the Printery didn’t have an insurance policy with NCIC.
“I am your Parliamentary Representative who has served you for 14 and half years successfully,” Minister Liburd told the massive crowd.
