Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 6, 2020 — Former prime minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says the Timothy Harris-led Team Unity administration has squandered an opportunity to deal with the constituency boundaries issue and make adequate arrangements for the holding of general elections which must be held by mid-August.
“The government is aware for over two months now that COVID-19 was going to create an environment that was going to be different. The constitutional mandates with regard to the life of the parliament are very clear,” said Dr. Douglas on his weekly radio programme “Ask the Leader.”
Dr. Douglas said the government should have already surveyed polling stations and identified physical facilities to allow for the six-feet distance that is being expected as voters wait in line. He also raised concern that persons quarantined upon return to the Federation should not be deprived of their constitutional right to vote.
“The government is not serious about holding the elections. The government does not want to give up power. The government recognises it is going to lose the elections, but no matter what it does, it will have to hold the elections and it will lose,” Dr. Douglas stressed. He reaffirmed that the SKNLP and the NextGen SKN Team “are again emphasising whatever we do, whatever service we provide, it will always be about you the people of St. Kitts and Nevis.”