PAM holds Townhall Meeting in New York
By Stanford Conway
Editor-in-Chief-SKNVibes.com
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| Leader of the People’s Action Mr. Lindsay Grant |
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – LEADER of the People’s Action Movement [PAM] Mr. Lindsay Grant on Sunday held a Townhall Meeting in the Bronx, New York, where he had open discussions with over 200 nationals on challenges confronting the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.
A release from the political party’s Secretariat said the Townhall Meeting was held at the Sugar City Bakery in the Bronx, New York on Sunday, April 13, 2008 and Grant discussed the pressing challenges confronting the Federation.
It noted that under the theme, “Embrace the Change”, Grant and Deputy Political Leader Mr. Eugene Hamilton presented the PAM’s plan to restore economic prosperity in St. Kitts and Nevis. “With over 200 nationals in attendance, the open discussion format of the Townhall Meeting made for the full participation and synergies of all the Federation’s citizens living abroad,” the release added.
“Mr. Grant delivered a message of hope and change,” the release said, adding “the large number of young persons in attendance
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| Deputy Political Leader Mr. Eugene Hamilton |
posed questions to the Political Leader of the need for a new PAM Government to deal with the vast number of youths needing jobs when they return from educational studies abroad.”
Grant, it noted, outlined four issues of concern to restore the Federation to economic prosperity. In the first issue, he cautioned that “the Labour Government’s Land Distribution swap-land-for-debt policy affects patrimony in the Federation and therefore is not endorsed by the People’s Action Movement”.
Secondly, he addressed the cost of living and assured the participants that serious attempts would be made under a new PAM Government to the concern of rising prices and “went on to discuss its critical link to both poverty and ongoing crime in the Federation”.
On the issue of Investment and Employment, Grant announced that the PAM has engaged talks with two potential investors to commit US$200-250m USD investment in areas of education and informatics and services, which the release said “would bring 600-800 jobs in the short term to the Federation, along with other opportunities to the people of St. Kitts and Nevis”.
~~Adz:Left~~It noted that the political party’s Leader and Deputy Leader also addressed the urgent need for electoral reform in the Federation: “Nationals were given an update on the challenges and concerns in the present state of the electoral reform process, and Grant assured them that the People’s Action Movement would continue to be in the vanguard to ensure free and fair elections in the upcoming General Election.”
The release concluded that with the overwhelming success of the Townhall Meeting and support of the over 200 nationals in attendance, Mr. Grant restated the PAM vision to restore economic prosperity in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis as The Call to Change is A Call to Courage, “Embrace the Change”.
