BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - AN incident involving the Speaker of the National Assembly the Hon. Curtis Martin during yesterday’s (Feb. 24) Unity protest, may have been the reason for the posting of a number of police officers outside of the St. Kitts-Nevis National Anguilla Bank (SKNANB) this morning.
The Unity Movement has held thus far five “peaceful protests”, one on the outside of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank on February 14 and the others outside the place of the employment of the Speaker, the SKNANB.
Information which reached this publication is that yesterday, placarders were assembled at the entrance of the SKNANB and around the area and when the Speaker arrived for work, rather than entering the premises, he left and returned sometime after, under police guard.
And while he was making an attempt to enter the SKNANB building, he was accosted by the placarders before going inside.
This morning, however, SKNVibes observed eight police officers stationed on the outside of the banking institution with a number of picketers in the area.
At approximately 7:45 a.m., the Speaker’s vehicle arrived and having exited through one of the rear passenger doors, he made a swift entrance into the Bank.
Leader of the Unity Movement, the Hon. Timothy S. Harris told SKNVibes the message which his team is endeavouring to convey to the Speaker is being heard loudly and clearly.
“The Speaker is getting the message. The fact that yesterday he came - as it were - chaperoned by police officers and today he came and secret himself, flying through the door indicates that he is getting the message, that the people want action from him and that the people are holding him accountable. We will continue this protest action for as long as it necessary.”
Dr. Harris explained that in keeping with the recent judgment in the court, “the Speaker...has now no proper impediment that could delay the tabling of the Motion...
“The speaker has to free himself of all those influences from the Executive that are pervading on his mind and is causing him not to do the right things and we are simply asking a man - in the face of a clear legal opinion - to do the right thing.”
