{"id":147710,"date":"2022-11-01T11:34:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stluciatimes.com\/?p=147710"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:34:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:34:48","slug":"watch-uwp-holds-castries-protest-countrywide-demonstrations-promised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stluciatimes.com\/147710\/2022\/11\/watch-uwp-holds-castries-protest-countrywide-demonstrations-promised\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: UWP Holds Castries Protest – Countrywide Demonstrations Promised"},"content":{"rendered":"

The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) held its promised ‘People’s Protest’ in Castries on Tuesday morning, with leader Allen Chastanet promising similar events islandwide.<\/p>\n

Participants in the activity chanted slogans, including that Chastanet would return to save Saint Lucia.<\/p>\n

And they referred to the bazooka man having to go.<\/p>\n

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It was an apparent reference to the House of Assembly Speaker, Claudius Francis, whose recent comments on his television show about using a bazooka prompted opposition calls for his resignation.<\/p>\n

“This is a series building up and getting people to come out and speak their minds,” UWP leader Allen Chastanet said regarding Tuesday’s protest.<\/p>\n