By: Vigilante
For those of us who had to wait seven years to have any chance for anything to happen for us, now that the government is a friendly government, I can understand why some of us want what we want NOW. Even though we know that NOW might be impossible and unreasonable, we don’t want to wait because we are afraid that we might wait and lose out. Considering all the knockabout we got from Team Unity for seven long years, it is not difficult to understand why some supporters of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party might get nervous when they are not hearing anything from anybody. In all reasonableness, it’s only been one month since we won the elections. One month.
Certain people who are still there know that they will not be there for long — but everybody deserves to be treated decently. Team Unity in 2015 tried to run every prominent Labour supporter as soon as they took office. They did so without any knowledge or understanding of how things work and ended up making a mess of everything. That’s not what I voted for. The SKNLP campaigned that we are different. We have to show the world that we are indeed different and that we are doing things differently. By and large, I am happy with the appointments that Dr Drew and his Cabinet of ministers have made so far. I see a concerted effort to place suitably qualified, younger persons in some heavyweight positions.
The ministers have a lot on their plates and their hands are full. But that’s why we voted for them so overwhelmingly because we know they are able. We have every confidence in them that they will do well. We know they will not disappoint us. One thing we are sure of is that the greed and racketeering that were the trademarks of the Unity government won’t be a part of this SKNLP government. We must let PM Drew and his cabinet do their work. And we must continue to keep all of them in our prayers as we did when we wanted them to win. Don’t forget. Refocus. Re-create. Redesign. Happy Independence 39.