Minister Hermangild Francis
(SNO) — Facing pressure from the opposition and on the country’s homicide rate and with Saint Lucia now under international scrutiny after the killing of British national Robert ‘Bob’ Hathaway, National Security Minister, Senator Hermangild Francis, has said the island is safe.
Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, he said despite the apparent negative publicity in the British press that the matter has generated, visitors come to Saint Lucia and have a great time.
“I expect, yes, that it is going to be in the British press,” he noted. “It’s going to heighten tension, persons are going to be looking at Saint Lucia and thinking, well is it safe that I come to Saint Lucia. But when you look at the circumstances, I think tourists are safe. They come to Saint Lucia and they enjoy themselves.”
Francis said that it appears the British press is implying that British nationals are being targeted on the island.
“I don’t think that is so,” he stated. “If you look at the incidents that have occurred in Saint Lucia, they all have their peculiar circumstances and we have to take each as they present themselves.”
Four British nationals have been killed in Saint Lucia since 2011 and despite arrests, there have been no convictions in any one of them.
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