By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Tuesday 3rd May 2022) — Prime Minister and PLP Leader Dr. Timothy Harris appears to have given a response to his estranged colleagues who do not support him as head of the Team Unity Government and are trying to have him replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards. At a PLP Labour Day concert held on the night of Monday 2nd May 2022 at the Douglas Play Field in St. Peter’s, PM Harris — without calling any names — said: “We understand the challenges of the people! Certain people are fighting for position; I am fighting for you! Some people want a big man’s job but they are children! The People’s Labour Party is the party for you!”
The comments came after the country’s 10 days of mourning for former Nevis Premier Ambassador Vance Amory, who was buried on Saturday 30th April during a State Funeral held in Nevis. At a recent press briefing, PAM Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards had publicly revealed a Motion of No Confidence was filed on April 25th against PM Harris by cabinet ministers Brantley, Richards, Jeffers, Evelyn, Grant and Powell. Richards accused PM Harris of undermining his own cabinet: “Many of the projects to be undertaken by CCM, PAM and even the other PLP minister were frustrated and starved of money from the ministry of finance, and the reason was to make us look bad and make one man look good.”
A leaked letter dated 3rd May from the Governor General Tapley Seaton addressed to the elected representatives highlighted that their communication requesting that the Prime Minister be removed was reviewed, and that under the Constitution “no such power resides in the Governor-General and I am therefore unable to accede to your request.” The Speaker of the National Assembly was meanwhile reported to be seeking independent legal advice as to whether the motion of no confidence filed against the government was in order.