By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Tuesday August 2022) — Newly-elected Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew cited “good governance” as part of the focus of the SKNLP administration while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony held on Saturday 6th August 2022 at Government House in Springfield, where he was sworn in as the nation’s fourth prime minister by Justice Trevor Ward. Governor General Sir Tapley Seaton presented Prime Minister Drew with his instruments of appointment. “I look forward over the next five years to serving the people of St. Kitts and Nevis with distinction, with respect and with principles of good governance, transparency and integrity so that our nation can be counted among others that offer the best,” he said.
Dr. Drew described his view of the office: “I consider it an office of service and I also recognize that it is an office that I do not own and that I would only be at the desk of the people. I also recognize that I will be here for a limited time and during the time that I am here, I vow to work closely with the members of my cabinet who would be named shortly and to work with our citizens to extend a hand much more closely to our federation sister island of Nevis so that whatever issues there are, we can solve and resolve them to bring our Federation even closer together.” Among those in attendance at the swearing-in ceremony were the five other elected SKNLP representatives — Dr. Geoffrey Hanley (Constituency One), Marsha Henderson (Constituency Two), Konris Maynard (Constituency Three), Samal Duggins (Constituency Four) and Dr. Denzil Douglas (Constituency Six) — along with Constituency Five candidate Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Douglas. Portfolios for the elected members of the Labour Party administration will be officially publicised during a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Warner Park Stadium on Saturday 13th August.