ST KITTS, July 13, 2022 — SKNLP National Political Leader Dr. Terrance Drew, buoyed by the massive turnout to the official opening of constituency offices in Cayon and St Peter’s on Saturday, said the short-lived second term Team Unity Government has divided the nation. “They told us that St Kitts and Nevis will be the best that it could have ever been. They promised a robust economy; they promised good health care, they promised innovative education, they promised land and housing to the people. But less than two years after the last general elections that government has collapsed because of ‘greed and corruption.’ Those are not my words but those of the former cabinet colleagues as they spew against each other,” said Dr Drew.
Elected SKNLP National Political Leader in November 2021, Dr Drew called on the electorate: “To give the St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party a clear mandate to lead St Kitts and Nevis to where it should be. We are asking you for all 8 seats on St Kitts so that we can deliver a people’s agenda. We can deliver to the people of St Kitts and Nevis their dreams and aspirations which were not achieved under Unity. The St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party has the A-Team to deliver to you your dreams and aspirations as a nation in the 21st century. I am asking for a clear mandate.” The Team Unity Government — a coalition of Shawn Richards’ PAM, Timothy Harris’ PLP and Mark Brantley’s CCM — collapsed two years into the second five-year term after PM Harris was verbally assaulted at the PAM’s annual convention. After weeks of public back-and-forth and failed attempts to save the coalition, six of the nine elected cabinet ministers informed Governor General Sir Tapley Seaton they had withdrawn their support for Dr Harris. Harris fired the six ministers and dissolved the National Assembly, paving the way for general elections to be held within 90 days.