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17th November 2001 |
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Campaign frenzy for December 3 elections starts
A burst of electioneering has hit St Lucia, following prime minister Dr Kenny Anthony's announcement that general elections will be held on Monday, 3rd December. With just about two weeks to go, both the ruling St Lucia Labour Party as well as the opposition United Workers Party have taken out full-page advertisements in the local newspapers to rally for support. In a full-colour two-page ad, the UWP claims that Dr Anthony 'misrepresents our glorious history' and 'misrepresents reality' and urges voters to 'Come back home' to the UWP. The SLP, meanwhile, in an advertisement in which the colour red dominates, states that: 'It is a fact! ... the work of your Labour Government is not complete. That is why we need a second term to finish the work we started... And do even more!'
Political commentators from all quarters are out in force presenting their analyses of four-and-a-half years of Labour rule - both for and against - not shunning the occasional low-blow. At the same time, The Star carries a long report on the UWP's meeting on the William Peter Boulevard in Castries, last Thursday, in which political leader Dr Morella Joseph is judged to have been "the real star".
Besides the SLP and UWP, also contesting the elections in various constituencies are George Odlum's Alliance, Martinus Francois' Freedom Party, and Christopher Hunte's STAFF Party. The latter was born from DBS television show 'Lucians', in which producer Chris Hunte (son of SLP campaign leader Julian Hunte) introduced the STAFF Party to satirise the fact that, according to him, St Lucian politics is only about 'chicken and rum'. The name of the STAFF Party is an acronym for 'Sou Toute Apwè Fete Fini' ('Everybody is drunk after the Party') and its symbol is a bottle. The emergence of the STAFF Party has elicited criticism from some, who feel that politics is too serious a business for 'jokers', and support from others, who feel that it presents them with an opportunity to show that they are tired of the traditional style of politics in St Lucia.
For this and more read the St Lucia Star Online
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Until the return of more peaceful and prosperous times globally, St Lucia Online is forced to concentrate its resources more finely. Due to its time- and cost-intensive nature, the operation of St Lucia Online's News Team has had to be cut back. We regret this move and sincerely apologise for the (temporary) loss of this source of objective and unbiased reporting on current events in St Lucia.
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