BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – IT seems the tabling of the Motion of No Confidence hinges on whether or not Members of Parliament the Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris and the Hon. Sam Condor tender their resignation from the Federal Parliament.
Both men were aligned to and were senior members of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) and also members of the Cabinet of Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. And after Harris was fired from Cabinet, Condor tendered his resignation therefrom.
Numerous calls were made for both men to resign their seats - St. Christopher Seven and St. Christopher Three respectively – especially since they won their seats on an SKNLP ticket and have now parted ways with that party and have since formed their own, the People’s Labour Party (PLP).
As recent as Friday (July 19), during the SKNLP’s Bank Street political meeting, Leader of the SKNLP Douglas declared that unless Condor and Harris resign, the Motion of No Confidence would not be tabled.
“…I say to you the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, we must demand that Sam Condor and Timothy Harris resign their seat in Parliament just like Jack Warner did in Trinidad and Tobago. And let me make a statement…as long as they don’t resign, no Motion of No Confidence. I want to repeat that. As long as they don’t resign, no Motion of No Confidence! Me nar debate none! Dey mus’ resign!
“That is why I keep telling people…this Motion of No Confidence…me nuh like to talk about it because me dun say me nuh know when dat gun come…An’ I dun tell people de whole ah dis week, only God know…and if only God know, well, nobody know.”
Over the past months, reasons forwarded for the delay in the tabling of the Motion of No Confidence include that the 2013 Budget took precedence and that the Motion was the subject of a court matter, which meant that it could not be debated.
With only elected Parliamentarians being eligible to vote on the Motion of No Confidence, and with Messrs. Condor and Harris indicating that they would vote in favour should it be tabled, it is likely that six would vote in favour and five would oppose.
