A homicide in Saint Lucia in 2017.
(SNO) — Opposition Leader Philip J. Pierre said Saint Lucians are tramautized by the rate of homicides on the island and has called on Prime Minister Allen Chastanet to deliver on his promise to make the island safer.
Speaking at a press conference earlier this week, Pierre said more that 120 homicides have been committed on the island since 2016.
“The prime minister must deliver on his promise to make Saint Lucia safe,” Pierre said. “Citizens are traumatized at the more than 120 homicides that have occurred since June 2016.”
He called on Chastanet, who is also minister of finance, to deal with complaints by police for better salary and improved working conditions.
“Are we safer now?” he questioned.
Pierre also said the failure of the government to “cause IMPACS to disappear as promised during the last election campaign is seriously affecting the morale of members of the police service”.
“The prime minister, through his promises to the police and the United States, and the actions taken, have placed Saint Lucia in a very precarious position legally and financially,” he stated.
Saint Lucia has recorded two homicides so far this year.
Meanwhile, Pierre took a shot at the prime minister when he said banana exports from Saint Lucia was at an all-time high when marketing agents Winfresh have declared that the outlook for bananas on the United Kingdom market does not look promising for 2019.
“It is the same PM who misled us to believe that we would start exporting bananas to France immediately after the last elections and followed with another lie by his government that shipments had already begun in 2017,” Pierre stated. “While the prime minister continues to live in a world of fairy tales the future of our banana farmers remains precarious.”
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