Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 20, 2020 — Kittitians and Nevisians continue to express outrage at the use of curfews and the State of Emergency by Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris to suppress the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) election campaign.
Prominent local businessman A U Browne noted that the campaign launch at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort was the third Team Unity campaign event since the election date was announced. He pointed out that while coalition partners held outdoor campaign launches attended by supporters, “due to the politically motivated State of Emergency regulations of no public gatherings, the opposition must host all virtual events.”
“Timothy Harris and Team Unity are proving the law doesn’t apply to them. Their behaviour signals the establishment of a dictatorship in St. Kitts and Nevis. They force all of us to follow their law, but they disregard it. If they are willing to use the State of Emergency to suppress movement of citizens, don’t you expect they will not try to rig the elections?” said Browne.
Resident Shez Dore-Tyson added: “We are pretending and trying to justify keeping people locked down for no reason except for political mileage. If no new cases have been reported and everybody has recovered, remove the State of Emergency. Let our children return to school. Let people go to worship on weekends. Reopen the country. Stop the deception of using COVID-19 for political mileage.”