The Labour Spokesman Editorial
For some time now one of our major concerns has been the ever increasing cost of living in St Kitts and Nevis. As could be easily observed, the present government showed little or no interest in the matter, the effects it was having on our people, and what it portends for our future and that of our children. Members of the government have clearly been more interested in themselves, their families, their political hacks, and their friends.
This most unsatisfactory situation in the government persists at a time when we are most in need of really good management of the country’s affairs. Global instability looms, supply chains are not yet improving, inflation is worsening, and now it seems as if the ‘big’ countries are taking off the long avoided course of increasing interest rates. The publication of colourful, full-page advertisements and nauseating articles does nothing whatsoever to deal with the problems; indeed, they only serve to make more obvious the nakedness of ‘the emperor.’
There are six or seven members of the cabinet who could approach the Governor General and advise him that they no longer support the Prime Minister. The Governor General would then be obliged to fire the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister would very likely ask for a dissolution of parliament and the calling of general elections, but the Governor General would be under no obligation to accede to that request. Once the seven inform him that they now support a new individual to be the Prime Minister, the Governor General would be obliged to appoint that person. The big question: who would that person be? Are they persons of substance, or are they persons of straw?