BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE Labour Day March which comes off on Monday (May 7) is an opportunity for persons to march in solidarity with the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force in its quest to reduce the Federation’s crime rate.
“Comrades, also, we gun’ march on crime. We gun’ march on crime! We gun’ march in solidarity with the police…We gun march in support of the Commissioner, Commissioner Walwyn and his team. He is a good man…” Dr. Douglas encouraged his supporters during a recently held St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party public meeting.
He said the comprehensive march is a critical one especially because the country – with the assistance of CoP Walwyn and his team – is finally getting a handle on what was described as its spiraling crime problem.
“Good man, good leadership, good police force is what we have. And we going to march in support of the police against crime, we will march against crime with the police on Monday, Labour Day. That is why that Labour Day march is so critical and so different. Because, at last, we are getting on top of the challenges we have faced for so many months, so many years.
“So many of our own children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts have been killed, killed in a way that nobody could ever understand, killed recklessly and senselessly as well. And that is why we have to march on Labour Day, march in solidarity with the police to get rid of crime and violence here in our country.”
Other issues on which Dr. Douglas said persons should march include: better health care, lower electricity costs, unity in the nation and a better health policy.
