It was a carnival like atmosphere in Basseterre Friday afternoon, as thousands of St. Kitts/Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) supporters took to the streets in protest against the government’s policy of political victimization.
One year after the SKNLP lost the federal elections to the PAM/CCM/PLP coalition, the opposition published a list of hundreds of its supporters that have been victimized to date. Protesters chanted “Timothy has to go – Lord we cant take it no more, give we back the government we had before.” They also held placards in defiance of the oppressive government that is trampling on personal freedoms that read “I will not be silent. We free to March –
The march followed a very successful public meeting at George Street, Basseterre, Thursday night. The March was the first since SKNLP lost the February 16, elections to the TUG. It started at 4p.m from the Paul Southwell Industrial Park and climaxed at the west line bus terminal/ferry terminal with an address by Party Leader and former Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas. He told the huge crowd that “we marched against victimization, incompetence, nepotism and discrimination.”
It was witnessed by thousands of other people fearful of losing their government and private sector jobs
Then on Saturday morning on Freedom Fm, Political Leader of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, Dr Denzil Douglas took to the airwaves of freedom Fm to thank the hundreds of marchers on Friday and to indicate that more marches will be organized in the future against the Team Unity Government. Dr Douglas told Freedom listeners that the march was against political victimization, incompetence in government and crime.