Amid an alarming upsurge in violent crime resulting so far in 53 homicides for the year, the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has taken the Philip J. Pierre administration to task, accusing it of being uncaring.
Speaking at the UWP’s weekly press briefing on Tuesday, party spokesman Lenard ‘Spider’ Montoute declared that the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) government had abdicated many of its core responsibilities.
The former Gros Islet MP said that included the safety and security of the people and maintaining law and order.
Montoute noted that violent crime, especially gun crime and gang violence, had gripped the nation.
The UWP Public Relations Officer said as a result, Saint Lucia had witnessed a record loss of life through homicides.
However, he lamented that the government’s response has been to create more jobs and offices for its members.
“Very often, we have multiple murders taking place, especially over weekends, and the lack of regard and the callous lack of concern for the loss of human life is demonstrated by the fact that you do not hear a word coming from the government despite the many portfolios established for dealing with crime in Saint Lucia,” the opposition official stated.
“We have a Minister of National Security. We have a Minister of Home Affairs. We have a Minister of Crime Prevention. Yet we hardly hear anything of substance or any demonstration of concern coming from the government,” Montoute declared.
” Again, this is because the lives of Saint Lucians are mere statistics, and they do not care about us,” he asserted.
Yawwwwn ! Oh well the usual bellows.
Mr. Montoute what do you expect to happen in a nation where police are accepting hush money to let criminals walk free, people can drive at whatever speed they wish with no consequences, Loud music is played all over the place and the police doesn’t care. The structures that have been set in place to deter crime have failed or are deliberately failing because they do not not give a rat’s tail about people’s lives. Many of those sitting behind these desks are criminals themselves. It happened under your administration and it continues unchanged under this one. You are all guilty.
Well said Seinfeld, government in government out, nothing changes, when in opposition the usual protestations, nothing changes!
@ Seinfeld totally agree, couldn’t have said it any better
The ruling Government can and should be doing better.
They are not my fancy. But are better than my PARTY LEADER in governance.
Once present UWP LEADER IS OUT, St. Lucia stands a chance to be better.
This loser should take a back seat.
He lost 9 of the seats he had.
Why should he still be leader????
Its my party of choice, UWP.
PLEASE CHASTENET, lEAVE us alone LOSER
Seinfeld August 21, 2024 At 10:43 am
This right there. A dysfunctional state well on its way to becoming a failed state.
At current 53 homicides, this sheethole is on track to have 83 homicides for 2024. That will be 10% higher than the record equaling 75 of 2023. That would translate to a per capita homicide rate of 46.62 per 100,000 if trends continue. That would be certainly top 3 in the world. Talk about failing upward. Way to go 758.
Spider spiders what about the kidnapping case?
St. Lucians have become inured to the bloodletting by now. Even the government has adapted and see no need to address this serious issue. Now is the time for the opposition party to be uncompromising and demand action from the government. In a demorcracy a healthy opposition is necessary.
I thought all of you are St. Lucians wanting the best for yourself and all citizens. How about putting politics, egos and nonsense aside to save your island with such alarming murder statistics…smh
Listening to commenting on crime. Labor inherited this crime from UWP. Who said Kenny could not do it but I will? What was the result? Whoaid and abbet in a kidnapping? Under whose house 2 men almost kill a man in Dennery? UWP please keep quiet. Over to you Frank Myass
Nobody is talking about the $240,000.00 to Seeds of Justice to help fight crime … weh Mesieh! 😫 … I give up 😔. By the way, I need Spider to remind me of something that he or his ministry did to keep our youth from a life of crime whilst he was “there”. Mwen meme, they are all the same, past and present. They only care about the youth during their election campaigns. Anyhow, we shall all pay for our sins …
Can you fight with the wind,stop putting God at test, where is the word of God ❓
Next…
The covenant is broken 🌈❗
The LORD has established St Lucia 🇱🇨 and her afflicted people will find refuge ”..
The oppressor will come to an end,and destruction will cease ; the aggressor will vanish from the land,such as the mockers blasphèmers and haters of God..
In ❤️ Love there will establisheds,in faithfulness a man will sit on it ❗..
In that day men will look out for their Maker, the Holy One of Israël and turn their eyes..
The certainty of GOD’S promise 🌈
When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater than him to swear,(he (God),swors by himself, Saying :
“I will surely bless you and give you many descendants… note well many..
Blessed are (they)whose ways are blameless ;they do nothing wrong…
Awah fellas…..Spider yall send to say that?!?!
@UWP, I feel like you all selected the wronger messenger and the wrong type of message. I mean Spider is your messenger? The sins of Spider are well documented on citizen video all over social media. Talking about rising insurance premiums!!!!
I thought you learned your lesson from 2016 – 2021 when you were in office and murders were also high. Infact by the elections of 2021 there were already 50 murders half way through the year just like this year.
This puts me off. For me you can’t attempt to score political points by counting homocides.
I see using the number of homicides as a tool for political gain as insensitive and overlooks the human lives lost. Instead I want to see your party mobilize its members. Form a community organization like many labor members have done (I see Cherry in his red hitting the ground hard – he may say he is not labor but you know you ain’t voting for you all). Sponsor after-school programs. Mobilize your youth arm to hit the streets and talk to the young people. Encourage your faithful to report the illegal fire arms anonymously. Support the latest legislation instead of every chance Chas gets he critizes it.
If your position is ‘shame on the SLP’ for the numbers then, you do not need to be in power either. Simply because when you were in office the numbers were just as high (I repeated – just as high). And you had (according to your messaging) the best plan, best minister, and best commissioner.
I thought when chas said ” I will [solve murders]” and didn’t you learned that words like that don’t help. Action helps and the same way the church can help and the community your party can also help. Be a partner. SMH!!!
Lead from the front not the side lines talking and waiting to enter the arena again. You can act now. For me, I do not live in St Lucia but that is why I put my money where my mouth is an give to community groups on the ground doing the work. If you doing the work on the ground, I will forward you everyday of the week.
I have no time for these guys who believe ideas will solve problems. Hey kids, ideas do not solve problems. Action does!!
I don’t have time for your other agents either like Timothy (newspin) and those in the diaspora who flood the airwaves with comments daily. Just bla bla bla. Even in this comments section. Whats the human rights one again? Yeah she thinks you can solve the problems by making statements as if lecturing a class.
Stand up and be counted friends!! Action people!! Action!!