BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE newly-elected members of the Team Unity group have been extended congratulations by outgoing Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas for their victory at the polls.
During a highly-charged, hard-fought yet peaceful election on February 16, 2015, Team Unity unseated the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party/Nevis Reformation Party Government, taking seven of the 11 seats across the Federation.
Team Unity is comprised of the Concerned Citizens Movement in Nevis which won two of the three seats on that island, the People’s Action Movement which won four of the eight seats on St. Kitts and the People’s Labour Party which won one seat.
“To the newly-elected members of the People’s Action Movement, the Concerned Citizens Movement and the People’s Labour Party, I extend sincere congratulations in response to your success at the polls,” Dr. Douglas statement read.
At the time when the statement was made, all the results were not yet announced but Dr. Douglas took time to “wish our newly-elected Government well”.
“I shall forever cherish having been given the opportunity to lead the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. And for this most precious of opportunities, I once again thank you and I pray for God’s blessings and guidance as we move toward this new phase in our extraordinary country’s history.”
Dr. Douglas said the people of the land are among the “blessed of the earth” because its governments are chosen by the will of the people rather than by force or by decree.
“May we – the people of St. Kitts and Nevis - never, ever forget how truly blessed this makes us. This has been a long and hard election campaign. And what the impassioned, but peaceful - always peaceful - public meetings, rallies, and jousting said to the world time and again, was that ours is a vibrant and mature democracy and that Kittitians and Nevisians a politically mature and responsible people.”
The Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis was led by Dr. Douglas from 1995 to 2015 and he thanked the people of the land for allowing him and his party to lead them during that period.
“To the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, I extend, on behalf of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, sincere and enduring gratitude for the sacred honour that you bestowed on our Party by permitting us to manage the affairs of our blessed nation for the past 20 years. To the friends and members of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, you have my undying gratitude.”
