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| St Kitts-Nevis Opposition leader Lindsay Grant |
Mr Grant, a longtime advocate of such reforms, says he objects to the prime minister's tone.
"The prime minister basically says he's going to chop up the boundaries, and when he's finished he's going to beat us with them... that's an irresponsible statement to make", Mr Grant told BBC Caribbean.
Suspicious
He remains suspicious of the government's intentions, despite their getting around to the reforms that PAM have long pushed for.
"The day after the last election in 2004, the deputy prime minister (Sam Condor) said they are going to gerrymander the boundaries to beat PAM, and when they are finished we are not going to like it".
In a May Day address, Dr Douglas told workers that the government will soon present the details of what they intend to do, once his party's executive discuss and agree the specifics on Sunday.
Rancorous
A new voters list, a new voter ID system, and redrawn electoral boundaries are three of the suggested changes.
Since polls in 1993, elections in St Kitts-Nevis have been rancorous affairs.
Two of the chief complaints of the opposition party have been what they say are a badly flawed voters list and poorly drawn electoral boundaries that give an unfair advantage to Labour.
The governing Labour Party holds seven seats to PAM's one.
Under the constitution, Nevis has a measure of autonomy and three seats set aside in the 11 seat assembly. The party of the Nevisian premier Vance Amory, the Concerned Citizens Movement, has two and the Nevis Reformation Party one.
