The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) plans to introduce potential candidates for the next general elections on Sunday at a planned political meeting on William Peter Boulevard in Castries.
UWP leader Allen Chastanet told a Town Hall meeting of plans for a party national council meeting on Thursday, where he hoped the council would accept recommendations.
Chastanet explained that launching the candidates in each constituency would then begin.
“We have had a remarkable number of people applying to be candidates,” the former Prime Minister noted.
“And it is very important that we make sure that every single person who has had the courage and also the willingness to participate in this process remains with the United Workers Party afterward and continues to fight,” Chastanet stated.
He reiterated that there could only be one representative for each constituency.
However, he declared that a representative cannot win by themselves.
The UWP leader asserted that there is much work ahead and that people offering themselves as candidates have a role to play in the future.
“If they are not nominated, it’s not that they are not good. It’s just that we have to choose one person for now. But we need everybody to want to make a change,” Chastanet told the Town Hall meeting, which also heard an appeal for unity.
The appeal came from UWP Chairman Therold Prudent.
Prudent urged the party faithful not to talk badly about UWP members but to defend each other.
“Help us do the work that we have to do because the Labour Party is our enemy, not those in our camp,” the UWP Chairman told the Town Hall audience.
“Don’t believe the Labour Party will just turn over and tell us ‘Here’s the Government. Take it.'” Prudent said.
He indicated that UWP supporters would have to march to the polling stations to kick the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) out of office.
Chas, bring people with credibility to the party. we don’t want rejected politicians like my cousin Guy Joseph and Dominic Fedee, spider and Herod Stanislass, these are rejects, bring in people whose reputations have not been tarnished. The next thing is on Sunday, tell the nation about the new policies you intend to introduce if win the next poll. No Lies.
Yaawwwwn Oh well.
“Help us do the work that we have to do because the Labour Party is our enemy, not those in our camp,” the UWP Chairman told the Town Hall audience. Polemical rhetoric, that is caustic, that is ruthlessly extreme shows how ill-prepared, incompetent, and zealously partisan the UWP Chairman has become. Mr. Prudent, the SLP is the opponent of the UWP and not the enemy. A thriving democracy needs a healthy opposition and not a bloodthirsty enemy. All you are attempting to do is create a doomsday cult under the banner of the UWP. And since you don’t have the political acumen to address the issues plaguing the country you prefer to seek popularity solely on demagoguery.
Oh boy. Another band of clowns. But I’ll vote for y’all. Need a break from Peeps madness. Send them on the sidelines for 5 years to scrunt.
He said that the minimum wage is not enough so I hope that He will say that he will increase the minimum wage by 12 dollars an hour . We are waiting…
UWP is not attractive to independent voters like myself. This party hasn’t been able to make any inroads into SLP held seats since the last elections. In St Lucia general elections are won based on majority of seats won. As it stands right now the SLP will hold on to 10 of their current seats plus the 2 indepents. The 5 others are too close to call and go either way. Those candidates are just not gonna inspire people to go on stand on a line to vote for them. For example I wud vote for Kenny if he he’s going up again, I CAN NEVER VOTE FOR TOO TOO OR APA OR AUGUSTUS CADETTE or WAYNE NARROW. And I don’t even like Kenny but I’ll vote for him just to keep all those jokers away .
They will make all kinds of promises to win in 26 . They will try to fool the people by saying that they will give a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage let’s see what they will offer , empty promises to fool the people
Mr. Chastanet – please pick people with bold bright ideas, good character, class and professionalism to make your party stand out from the current clown show we have going on. We are tired of the maypwi, tired of the finger pointing and broken promises, tired of the political rhetoric that does not seem to end, although elections are OVER and have been over for THREE YEARS. Mwe memm….
UWP will never win another election with guy Allen and the rest still in the party these guys are all fools.
Well said Mwe Memmm and John John my sentiments exactly and that of hundreds of voters