By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 28th August 2020) — Nevis’ Premier Mark Brantley continues to air his view that the monetary benefits of the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme have seen Nevis being unfairly treated over the years, and he is hoping to further address the issue at an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris.
“I continue to speak about it publicly because for many years, it appears that some were under an illusion that the CBI monies that came in from the negotiations of our passports — which is our national patrimony — that it somehow belonged to the government and people of St. Kitts. I want to make it very clear that our passport says on it St. Christopher and Nevis, and for a lot of years Nevis was locked out,” Brantley said at his monthly press conference on Thursday 27th August.
“It is our money, and so a lot of time I hear talk that St. Kitts is helping Nevis. But how are you helping me if you are giving me some of what belongs to me? How are you helping me if all I’m getting is some of what belongs to me?” he asked. Brantley applauded Team Unity as the first government to give Nevis a monthly amount from CBI, but stressed that “the question is whether that monthly amount properly reflects the percentage of the inflows.”