Calls Party Faithful to battle
Charlestown, Nevis (Monday, October 29th, 2012)--Premier of Nevis and Leader of the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), the Hon. Joseph Parry told hundreds of cheering Nevisians gathered for the NRP’s 2012 Convention at the Nevis Performing Arts Center (NEPAC) on Sunday (Oct. 28), that “the NRP - is best for Nevis.” The Nevisian leader was echoing the theme for the Convention, which last week he described as the launch of the campaign to re-elect the incumbent NRP.
In his 48 minute address, carried live on local radio, television and the worldwide web, Parry told the party faithful, that “we need a Premier who has a clear vision of where he wants to lead this island, and the discipline and ethic to diligently work at achieving its goals.”
“That is why we say this evening, without fear of contradiction, that the best Party in Nevis to lead Nevis at this particular time, is the Nevis Reformation Party!”
Signaling that a general election was near, and calling his warriors to battle, Parry urged, “members and supporters of the Nevis Reformation Party, I want you to put on the breastplate of armor. I want you to be willing to take your vacations, give up your week-ends, give up the television and soap operas and ready yourself for battle.”
He underscored the importance of the upcoming poll, and his party’s intention to fight to the finish: “We are not yielding an inch in this election. At stake is not only the survival of the Government of the NRP....at stake is the future of Nevis. We cannot change course midstream. We cannot tinker with the future of this island at this delicate stage. Stay with what you have and who you know.” He evoked the words of legendary calypsonian,The Mighty Sparrow - “Love the one who loves you.”
In explaining how he had kept a “steady hand on the wheel” in the most perilous times known to modern man, yet achieving significant gains for the island, Parry told the convention that the “social and economic infrastructure that we have so painstakingly built over the years is under serious threat. It is under threat because we have a group of modern-day, two-eyed pirates (CCM) lurking in the bush: they are seeking to pounce on the asset called Nevis and extract for themselves and their friends, all that you have worked over the years to acquire.”
Flanked by his fellow candidates (the Hon. Robelto Hector – Nevis 1, Hensley Daniel - Nevis 2, Nurse Patricia Hanley - Nevis 3 and the Hon. Patrice Nisbett- Nevis 4), the veteran politician said, “I have been involved in the politics of Nevis for 26 years, and I have never seen or sensed such desperation; such a mad grab for power. These people have turned the business of politics into a blood sport, where they would stop at nothing to secure the result they wish.”
“Their obsession is with power! Securing Power, exploiting power and ultimately abusing power!”
Premier Parry chronicled the achievements of his NRP administration in six (6) short years, and unveiled impressive new plans for a new dispensation, before telling the Convention, “so here we are this evening, just 15 months into our second term of office, returning to you for a fresh mandate. I do not wish to go into detail this evening about how this came about…you all know the story. But suffice it to say, we are law makers and not law breakers…if the courts of this country say a fresh election is to take place, then a fresh election will take place.”
“I wish to make one thing clear this afternoon…the decision of what type of election will come about is that of His Excellency the Governor General, acting on the advice of the Premier. I have sought legal advice on this matter from near and far…and it is the considered view of the legal fraternity around the region that we are within our right to determine the nature of elections that shall be called in Nevis, and I am saying this evening that General Elections… (pause for effect) will be held in Nevis ….(pause for effect) within the constitutionally stipulated time frame for such to be called ….(laughter from the crowd).”
The featured speaker at Sunday’s NRP convention was Prime Minister of Dominica. the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit.
Party Chairman, Mr. Herman “Bobby” Liburd chaired the convention, while greetings were brought by overseas delegates representing the NRP in the British Virgin Islands-Ms.Natasha Marshall, St. Maarten-Ms.Rhonda Browne, St. Thomas, USVI- Mrs.Dyllis Nicholls-Browne, Boston- Ms. Sherry Dore Morris, Toronto- Mr Kenneth Liburd, New York- Mr. Chilstone Francis and Mr. Odell Bussue of Washington DC.
Some of Nevis’ best singers added a cultural component to the NRP Convention, held in the Michael Herald Sutton Auditorium of the Nevis Performing Arts Center.
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