PAM slammed for inviting BLP’s leader to convention after rejoicing over Party's defeat

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 6TH 2009 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has slammed the opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM) of Mr. Lindsay Grant, for recently rejoicing over the defeat of the Barbados Labour Party and months later invited its leader to be the guest speaker at its convention last Sunday.
 
“The glamorisation by PAM of the change of (Owen Arthur’s BLP) government in Barbados as part of the ‘Winds of Change in the Caribbean’; and then to bring one of the victims of that change to address them just before we go into an election for them to be elected to Government, tells of the folly of persons saying and doing things that they do not understand and for which there is no serious linkage to what is an agenda for the future,” responded Prime Minister Douglas, in response to a caller during his weekly radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister.”
 
“If PAM was seriously thinking, they would not make that blunder, as it was only a few months ago, they mounted billboards around the country glamourising the defeat of Mia Mottley and her Party – the Barbados Labour Party and then months after they beg Mia Mottley to come here and address the people of that opposition party to say give us a lift as to how we can get into government when only a few months ago you glamourised their defeat. This is not only ridiculous, but also low-level,” said Dr. Douglas.
 
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) was defeated by the Democratic Labour Party of Mr. David Thompson in the 2008 General Election which saw the ouster of the Owen Arthur Administration in which Ms. Mia Mottley was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Development.
 
Dr. Douglas said no serious thinking party would place numerous billboards around the country rejoicing at the defeat of a sister party.