Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 9, 2020 — SKNLP Chairman Dr. Terrance Drew is questioning the deafening silence of civil society over the swearing-in of two lawyers as parliamentarians who have been found liable for misappropriation of US$460,000 from a client.
“My heart bleeds for my country. We will be the first in any democracy in the Commonwealth Caribbean where persons found guilty of misappropriation of client’s funds and who are due to face a Disciplinary Tribunal in short order were sworn in as Parliamentarians,” said Dr. Drew. “As corrupt people might think other countries are, this would never be allowed on any other modern democracy. Only in St. Christopher and Nevis is such blatant corruption and professional impropriety met with nonchalance as society turns a blind eye.”
“What’s harder to accept is the thunderous silence from the NGOs — namely the St. Kitts Christian Council, the St. Kitts Evangelical Association, the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association and the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Civil Society is supposed to be the conscience of a society, where expectations and standards for integrity in public life are equally applied to all who wish to serve in high public office. The silence is deafening,” said Dr. Drew.