Former Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister, Stephenson King, says the current opposition United Workers Party (UWP) leadership should be too ashamed to criticise the sitting government.
King, who served as Infrastructure Minister under the former Allen Chastanet-led Administration, says the UWP did not prioritise the wellbeing of Saint Lucians while in office.
The Opposition has been on record bashing the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) government’s record in office, including management of healthcare, particularly at the OKEU Hospital and the reconstruction of the St Jude Hospital.
“They should hide their faces because you take the healthcare system, all of the issues that they’re talking about in the healthcare system existed during their time. All of the issues. They couldn’t pay the debt for persons who had gone to Martinique for treatment,” King said in an interview with MBC Prime last week.
The Infrastructure Minister explains that the OKEU Hospital commenced under his stewardship as Prime Minister and was completed during the 2011-2016 Kenny Anthony administration. King however blames Chastanet for refusing to open the hospital.
“The OKEU hospital, which was started rather when I was Prime Minister, continued when Dr Anthony became Prime Minister, was ready for commissioning at the end of the last administration’s term in 2016, remained closed for four years under the UWP and the leadership of Allen Chastanet,” King explained.
King reiterated his criticism of the former administration for the decision to engage Radical Investments Inc. for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines.
The government in 2021 had paid the company $7 million to obtain the vaccines, however, they never arrived.
“The then Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, instructed for a cheque to be sent to someone who he claims didn’t know his position in the company, 7 million dollars, US of the people’s money,” he said.
Which also means that he failed St Lucia as well. Why is this man such a hypocrite? Still crying over being voted out as Party Leader.
Under Chas and Guy, UWP can NEVA be in Lucia again. NEVA!
Criminal. Totally criminal, the whole lot of them. If $7 million US of the people’s money was just given away without receiving the item it brought, isn’t it obvious that the people’s money must be returned to the coffers? If these claims by king cobra are true, then a crime has been committed and this warrants an investigation by the relevant authorities. But I suspect that there is more to the story..no one gives away 7 million dollars just like that having not received a candy cane for it. Perhaps we need a public enquiry into this.
King Cobra, a decade of failures and lies.
This charlatan has the gall to speak about failure?
His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by incompetence, failure, low growth, an administration that left with no respect from anyone. He was an embarrassment to the office of PM.
Stephenson King’s tenure as Minister of Instructure in the last UWP Administration was marked by an insidious Judas like betrayal of that UWP administration. Just look at his interaction with Chastanet during Parliament. Chas playing up to him but the snakes body language showed plain and simple he was working to undermine the government.
A two timing inept failure who was only useful when Compton controlled him and told him what to do.
The voters have seen through him. His opinion carries no weight. The only weight he has is his corpulent waist as he waddles around government buildings.
Poor excuse of a man.
King, you need to stop the blame game. Weren’t you at the helm of that same UWP at one point? What did you do for St. Lucia then? I am interested in what you and your present administration are doing, to ensure that SLP does not ” fail St. Lucia”.
Look who’s calling who a failure
The absolute worst Minister of Infrastructure. If you’re looking for someone to blame for the country‘s abysmal and suffocating infrastructure, you‘ve got your man. Eight years in office as the head of infrastructure. Visitors and locals alike are appalled at the dacaying state of the Gros Islet highway. When and how did this all happen?
IRONY
A Politician who previously served the party in opposition for two decades , crossed to serve the now ruling party, only to criticized the existing party in opposition whom served for most of his political life.
HOW AMAZING IT IS TO LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE AND THROW STONES.
Leave Steve alone. He just wants to feel love
Is that what lucians put these politicians there to do, man get off your high horse and do something meaningful for country. You all are the same ………..
The “Year of Infrastructure” is a misnomer. Let’s just call it by the rightful name…the “Week of Infrastructure.”
The empirical evidence is all around us and it’s impossible to ignore. If the massive holes in the road don’t get your attention, then years of overdue works/cost overruns should do it. Beat you down. Some days one can’t tell the difference between the Sahara and here. Unhealthy levels of dust in the environment threatening both the sick and the well. To navigate the sidewalks of Castries, Vieux Fort etc, one must have the reflexes of a wicketkeeper and the feet of a ballerina.
He has been building itty-bitty, crappy roads for the longest while. He can’t make any claims that he has been saving motor vehicle drivers money. To the contrary. He is just using an old trick in the book. Say something about your opponent to steer attention from you. I wouldn’t even let king manage construction of my chicken coop. Totally inept.
In the Bible there was no individual more odious than Judas.
In the Bible the snake represents all that is antichrist and wicked.
Stephenson King is so easily compared to both the snake and Judas.
The UWP entrusted him with the highest office that can be bestowed upon a politician , yet this inept failure then turned on these very people without showing an ounce of empathy or conscience.
And you would be surprised who has supported him in his low class ignorance.
Infrastructure has been in a shambles for so many years because of his fight down of his UWP colleagues and now his focus on self agrandizement in this administration.
A pathetic shell of a human being.
This snake just bit his own tail.
Ok
With an 11 to 6 majority
You lost 15 to 2.
YOU MUST have stepped out as leader.
Please change the current FLAMBEAU face and SLP IS OUT.
King did the most honorable thing to go up as an independent candidate.
All his supporters understood that.
Independent candidates hardly ever win elections.
Chas my brother take a back seat so we can get back to ruling.
Of course King will be an outcast.
No wonder they were kick out of power 15-2 . I can’t wait for 26 to come for the current administration to win all 17 seats.
Of course, because we are now living in paradise.!!!
What a joke.
King you need to sit down and keep quiet.
THIS DUDE IS WHAT YOU CALL POT KETTLE…. HE’S A DO NOTHING NOT FIXING THE ROAD KINDER GUY COLLECTING A PAYCHECK JUST TO SIT ON HIS DERRIERE
While looking back you may be able to say they failed but this would include yourself. Also this present administration of which you are now a part has also failed in its social contract with the people. You have allowed the roads to deteriorate to such an extent that the sheeple have accepted it as normal. Moo moo tablets. Watch at the shortcut up the Morne. Bois cache just waiting for the rest of the road to collapse. Watch at the lower Morne road, waiting to fall in the river. You will only act when it falls on you. If that is not failure in this role, I don’t know what is…….
Don’t even let me speak about health, education and sports. What happen to the Corinth playing field? Everybody complained about the artificial tuff, so you re did the Corinth playing field and what a disaster. No drainage absolute failure.
Traitor do u hear how you sound, SMH
Most shameless person ever! For years you sat in a government which failed the people but said nothing. Supported them even when the opposition raised a vote of no confidence against them which would have been most impactful. But no you bided your time, said nothing, ate our tax layers money while the government was milking our coffers and some people call your a patriot! King, you betrayed Saint Lucia and betrayed UWP. History will reveal you to be the biggest fraud and self serving politician in the history of St Lucian politics.
Anon go and hold your ***……King was degrade and demented, humiliated, and was subsequently became a subservient as a senior senator of The United Worthless Party and was eventually stepped over for Allan Chastanet to be head of that party. They treated that man like a Bway during his tenure even as prime minister and it’s The United Worthless Party nastiness towards him that forced him to cross the isle and rightfully so NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE HUMILIATION THAT WAS METED OUT TO HIM all they see in him is been a traitor as if he should have sat there with his tail between his legs party loyalty over your personal humility ONLY A FOOL would have done that….., by the way where is people’s money …..USD$ 7000000 pooof all gone and Allen Chastanet to date can’t answer for it, but he have time to run behind CCJ for an 8 year old Land Rover the hypocrisy of these yellow jokers. King is right they have failed St Lucia AND THEY WILL ALWAYS. In closing arguments who wanted to sell OKEU ?? Who came down here and fell in there *** for even entertaining the thought of the idea ??? They like to bawl about roads but who spent ECD$ 20,000000 on a quarter mile of road up North while ignoring every other major thoroughfares island wide ??? I rest my case.
The betrayal in chief has spoken. King you are really a king snake/cobra and a traitor. You sat with the opposition for five years in government, said nothing, enjoyed our tax money, you voter and supported Chas when the no confidence motion was pass, but now you have the b@lls to talk crap, man get a life a be quiet you good for nothing minister of infrastructure, shame on you.
That statement does not deserve acknowledgement.
King failed, failed failed, in every aspect you as an individual has failed yourself and country.
This man has no shame, please look in the mirror Stephenson King and tell me what you see truly?
Infustructure failed! Prime Minister failed! Health Minister failed! Youth and sport failed! ——–failed! You are a disgrace having the gall to say another has failed.
I pray when you wake from your slumber that you corpus mentos.
This M***….
I can’t believe this M****.
Smfh
This M*** can’t be serious.
I can’t wait to hear his excuse this time around for getting paid while not doing his job.
I’ll go out on a ledge and say the majority of people who voted for this guy are regretting that decision right about now.
Bipolar you have said it right. I see and sense that happening. In reality that is the hypocracy i hate. Hon King was part of the UWP regime and in my opinion during his time as Minister of Infastructure he did more the country than he is doing now. I remembered him giving jobs for community road projects etc. but now watch the state of our roads. If he can with a clear conscience make such a statement them it says much about him in my opinion. Let us stop putting blame on each other and work for the betterment of our country and not too full our pockets and the pockets of the friends we like. Remember with God everything is possible. Sometimes the cash we acquire without much effort God can allow it not to even be put into use. Sometimes he allows it where it cannot even save our lives. So consider you have enough, give God thanks and let the rest be used for the betterment of our country and helping those that truly needs the help. If you have honestly and truly accessed your performance as infrastructure minister during the UWP regime and find it was more lacking than your performance now3 as infrastructure minister, then its ok to say such. To the Government i know that next year you will try to do what you have not done in the last 3 years and meet people that you want to meet after last meeting them 3 years ago during campaigning I take this opportunity to say good luck and also to my people remember it takes two hands to clap. Peace and love
I meant bipolar you have not said it right. I see and sense the reverse
King you have no shame , I cant even believe what I am reading coming from you. You have Failed the people and the Country. You have done nothing before and nothing now. The roads are a mess on the entire nation. Tree Branches are blocking sight of the roads and yet nothing from your Ministry. Less focus on the Opposition and more on the work that needs to be done.
I’ve never seen more idiots in a comments section. When Guy and Chas were superseding his Authority as minister for infrastructure nobody said anything. But when he got fed up of their disrespect and left you’re calling him a traitor and a snake? Some of you Lucians are just a bunch of lemmings following all the bs you hear and not thinking for yourself.