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Opposition Leader Kenny Anthony: Judging by his record in the finance ministry, should he ever be allowed to run any ministry again?
Among Labour Party sympathizers in particular those who still believe that Kenny Anthony is the best choice for leader, there are those who believe the party’s loss at the last general election was the ultimate punishment for all the political sins it had committed between 1997 and 2006. Moreover, that five years on the opposition benches was an adequate sentence and come 2012 the Labour party should be back in office with Kenny Anthony as Prime Minister.
But who is to say that five years is the appropriate sentence and not ten or for that matter fifteen. And let us not forget why the Labour party lost the elections; the leader of the party had taken the last Labour government down the path of unprecedented financial mismanagement among other failings. No need to reopen the still festering gaping wounds inflicted by the then minister of finance on the country’s public finances. Of course all the hurt to the country’s fiscal condition was done with no remorse or even an acknowledgement of wrong doing.
In response to the most egregious financial disaster in government in the last fourteen years: Rochamel, we are told by Kenny Anthony’s acolytes that his party’s electoral defeat has been his punishment. To them and supposedly for the
rest of us it is reason enough to move on and let bygones be bygones. But can we?
The financial bungler Kenny Anthony is still in the picture and ready to re-present himself as the next Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
From all indications there is no evidence that the punishment, as some see it, has
brought with it any political or financial rehabilitation to allow the former minister of finance a second chance without the fear of financial contagion to the country’s public finances.
To listen to Anthony there is no reason to change because according to him he had done no wrong. He was quick to remind in-house detractors that he had won his seat while the majority of his ministers had lost theirs.
Committed no wrong? Yet he found it necessary to place before the house a
resolution with the assurance of majority party support to make good on a financial government guarantee that the House never approved or even ever had a chance to consider. His actions then amounted to a serious breach of public trust for which the commensurate punishment must at the very least be exclusion from ministerial office with responsibility for managing public funds.
Even the much discussed and publicized Ramsahoye Commision of Inquiry condemned his government for maladministration and by extension him as its leader. All of this served as no deterrent in his pursuit of public office and for no lesser position than Prime Minister. Immediately, the mantra that remains a common explanation for Labour’s last election defeat comes to mind: arrogance.
So for those who are frustratingly demanding that I should let bygones be bygones, I say not until there is first repentance and then conversion from profligacy to fiscal prudence. Those in the Labour party, who in the name of misplaced loyalty to their leader, are in real danger of confining Anthony to another five years in the cold and their party and with it promising forward thinking Labour Party candidates.
Of course there is credible evidence that some not-so-blind influential members of the party are aware of the anti-Kenny factor which pervades the political landscape but are not confident that there is an in-house replacement. If however, someone with the right credentials could be found then Kenny Anthony would be directed to the exit door.
This is clearly a slap in the face of the party’s deputy leader. It appears in the Labour party to be deputy leader means nothing more than being able to stand-in when called upon to do so but only for brief periods. And as deputy you are not to believe you are good enough to be leader. Mario Michel apparently was not good enough to be leader so Kenny Anthony stayed on and now the same fate befalls Philip J Pierre, he too appears not good enough.
I ask, if the St Lucian public can accept Stephenson King as Prime Minister then why wouldn’t’ they accept Philip J Pierre? I have no reason to believe that the country would not want Philip J Pierre as Prime Minister nor have I found any one with a convincing argument why he would not be acceptable. It appears that party considerations are more important than the country’s. And what could those party considerations be that continues to keep Philip J Pierre out of the picture? Is Philip Pierre not close enough to the movers and shakers in the party? Or is because he is unlikely to play ball with those influential members of the party waiting for government contracts if Labour wins the next election?
Then again it may well be that PJ Pierre is just not interested in leadership, now that he needs to do all he can to keep a dogged Guy Mayers at bay. A very pragmatic politician, he may well be thinking that before you can be Prime Minister you must first win your seat. If that is the case then we may have to give up the idea that Pierre will put up any covert or overt challenge to Kenny Anthony for party leadership. Castries East is in real danger of changing hands and Pierre is well aware of it. I can recall albeit in my slumber how Pierre was lamenting how Taiwanese money had done him in. But all will not be lost, an overseas job awaits him: Ambassador to New York.
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MaryAnna,
This is a broken record, one which we dont want to hear anymore. You have your axe to grind and as a progressive, right thinking St Lucia I can tell that much.
You are right in the first instant, a 5 year sentence is enough. Its not for you to decide what and how long the sentence must be. Our political icon the late great Sir John committed more grevious acts and we never sentenced him for so long.
You being an advovate of change should know that people change and unless they are given the chance to prove that they have,you cant castigate them. Have you not as human being done wrong and made ammends? Looks like Kenny is the only person apart from the late George who must forever pay for wrong doings.
Face it Maryanna Kenney is by far superior leadership material than King.
But did he admit to doing wrong? Can he admit to doing wrong without being arrested on the spot? Why can Jason not challenge the key premise for returning Kenny D. back as PM, ie, that he has paid for his sins, learnt from his mistakes and that his band of misfits are better than the current band of misfits? DOSSERIE FOR PM!!!
i disagree….if you are the ceo of a company and you cause it to lose money …youre FIRED………..IS KENNY THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN LEAD THE SLP………?…….WE CAN NOT AFFORD MORE OF THE SAME….
Oh yes. Kenny is better than King. But shame on you. You think that King is kind of PM that St. Lucians should use as a worthy comparison?
One of the greatest failings of the SLP has been its lack of any financial controls on runaway spending. Now, it is about to go into another election without even a hint at reviewing why St. Lucia gave away $45 million dollars and still today has nothing to show for it.
St. Lucians cannot expect any change from the egregious squandamania of Mr. Kenny Anthony. Much more than this, he has demonstrated that he will not do anything differently. In all his speeches so far, he has shown that he knows nothing more about financial management or financial prudence than when he left office last time.
It is sad but it is true. if Kenny Anthony is PM and finance minister again, he will just simply continue where he left off with NCA and $45 million losses. No changes have been announced or even falsely promised. Therefore, no changes can ever be expected.
Do not blame him if there are no improvements from the financial mess for which he is known and has been so famous. So far, he has never promised, and has failed to broadcast any measures to manage money or the budget any better! That man does not know value.
Do not be surprised also, if another term as PM brings about just more of his usual lawsuits and financial waste. St. Lucians would have had it coming! You have been warned!
are you saying we should keep King
Mind your business…….Maryanna Williams……stop concentrating on Kenny……If you do not talk about Kenny you are not happy………Why not talk about John Compton and the Ills that he did to the development of St.Lucia.
Please answer my question.When was the last time you had a visit with your psychiatrist.You are having a psychotic moment.Go on ask him for your happy pill.Leave Sir John out of it.
IS this personal…..this sounds very familar……this is not the place to take out your anger
Which Sir John you talking about? I hope it is not the one who left St Lucia in a mess? He was your God but surely not mine. In the 21st century we did not have enough primary school places, much less secondary school places in St Lucia. When Trinidad has universal university education. He left our roads network in a mess, also our hospitals, prison, police stations, fire stations, sports facilities, health centers, etc, etc all these he left in a dilapidated state. When we St Lucians were the hardest workers in the windward islands, bringing millions of dollars into the counter each week, growing bananas. The poor farmers use to get the crumbs whiles the big boys were the ones getting rich all this happened under Sir John watch.
Golda, you talk like a very, very ignorant and a sick and pathetically uneducated person. Whatever a politician does affects each and every one of us in the country. Therefore, it becomes everybody’s business. There is no exception. It does not matter how many times anyone criticizes the exPM that is their choice. Write and say something sensible as a reply next time. Stop being just another St. Lucian jerk.
Maryana welcome back, Let me assist you with clarifying one of your misconceptions. You seem to be under the misconception that Kenny Anthony is the Labour Party.
Let me assure you he is not , the party is made up of rank and file dedicated supporters across the social spheres of St. Lucia. And it is these members and supporters who select the leader of the party.
And unlike you they see nothiing wrong with the leadership of Kenny Anthony.
Are you suggesting that SLP membership are so so in awe of Kenny that they would not inform him it was time to go.
Are you suggesting that Philip J Pierre, Dr. Robert Lewis , Hunt, Deterville , Tom Walcott , Leo Clarke prominent Labourites are so intimidated by Kenny that they would allow him to crash the car.
I think not ,those are prominent inteligent lovers of the Labour party , they would always put the party before any individual.
A point you should also consider infact probably the most important point and that is .Are you not aware that if Kenny Anthony thought he was a liability to the party at the next election he would do the right thing and resign.
Are you not aware that with Kennys love of the party he would never put his personal ambitions before that of the Labour party.
Ihave no doubt if any evidence existed that showed Kenny was a liability, if there were any poll results, if that was what was being said by the chattering classes and in the rum shops Kenny would listen.
As to Philip J Pierre suitability to lead the party and the country, there is no doubt he is more than capable, he has all the qualities a love of St lucia, humility ,loyalty, a brain and Lucians love and respect him even UWPs.
But Philip J Pierre is right the first thing any candidate must do is win their seat., like he has done for three terms and in the face of the last national swing to the UWPs - what does that tell you about the man.
I want him or her the so called Maryanna, to tell us which leader on this earth that has govern perfectly and has never made mistakes? Why is him or her so obsessed with Kenny? We have a government who has made more mistakes in 31/2 years than Kenny ever did in 9 years. They wasted many months fighting amount themselves, before they settle down. Everything in the country is in ro ro and confusion. Crime is at an all time high, tourist and cruise ships are pulling out of S. Lucia. Unemployment is skyrocketing. The PM is giving us H.O.P.E as or savour. All important in the country is just handed to friends, without any bidding. Our leader, was imposed on us like Castro. I could go on and on, but instead on focusing on the mess we now have in St Lucia, for his or her selfish, personal gains has chosen to bash the opposition leader who is not even in office, believing that people will forget the government and remember the mistakes of the past government. The people are the ones suffering so they know what is going on. Any blind or dumb man living in St lucia could see that Kenny performed and did a better job by far, than what we have passing for government today. I do not know what is Maryanna is afraid of. Jump high or jump low Kenny will be back in the next 1 1/2 year. The reason is, he and his party is not perfect, as all other leaders and party. But are the better by far of the two choses we have at our disposal. Can somebody dispute that, not by just saying it but presenting solid facts or points.
Well Its sad but guess what? Labour will lose the next elections if it continues to throw Kenny Anthony as its leader. And in my opinion that is the height of selfishness because I am sure that Kenny feels the pulse on the ground and knows deep within that he and the party no longer has what it takes to create a May 23, 1997!!!!. That day is gone and will never return and if after throwing away US$43m of our money to the wolves and we have nothing to show for it, no amount of lawyers and arrogance will save you. We are a forgiving people and although US43m is a ton of dough, if you had apologised and acknowledged you erred, we would have forgiven you. But to continue to say you did nothing wrong and to coat it with wanting to be PM again HELL FREAKING NO!!!!!. Please take the door to permanent retirement Kenny and enjoy it.
I know you want the SLP to lose but, we have two choses in St lucia, because no new party can win an election soon. We all know Kenny made mistakes, and we elect another government to do better than he did. If you are honest, you will tell us which government have made more mistakes? Which government had the country better managed? Are we better off today in St Lucia than when Kenny was leader? What is better generally In St Lucia today than when Kenny was leader? So you believe St Lucians hate Kenny so much that they will prefer to vote an inferior government just to punish him? in turn punishing the whole country with an incompetent government. They just lost an appeal for a dishonest minister.
Bring it on.SLP has gone to the dogs NEVER to resurrect especially with Kenny at the helm.Zot Fi Nee Poo bon.U Ki Viwe’ Maze’ Kaka U.Boswe’
Marranna - yes we have forgiven Kenny < firstly we forgive him for Rochmel - any government can make a mistake, we forgive him for changing the constitution of the SLP -its natural to want to perpetuate one self,we forgive him for foisting Vaughn and LaCorbeire upon us - a man can change his mind. We forgive him for his arrogance - you dont expect a man that bright would suffer fools or detractors when he is obviously intelectualy superior to them. We forgive him for the blunder on the fingerprinting - with all thats going on around him surely he can forgret and oppose legislation that his government iniated.we forgive him for delaying calling the last election and allowing the UWPs to regroup -it was just a choice of date, we forgive him for his daughter and Chasnet wife forming a partnership -= this has no effect on politics Kenny will not be inhibited attacking his daughter partnes husband when he becomes a candidate for Souferie. Infact the Labour party is a very forgiving organisation and therefore Kenny is forgiven, my only fear is that the electorate with constant prodding from you and Rick may be less forgiving- anyway if as you claim he is aliability , we will forgive him if he looses the next election
never ….unless he change his arrogant attitude and go back to de afro days way of thinking………or else we giveing slp and uwp a state fruneral………..stlucia can not afford more of the same…..time for bold new ideas and modern laws……
Agree. Oh well…as long as men rule…such would be the case. Laws and commands which are subjectively good. What to do… no women are taking the ‘bold’ or obvious step. Laws affect women more than any members of society—-so why so few of us are in politics. This is the only place where we can make the right /truthful chances. Do a survey, how many of these political parties have women in prominent positions…..apart from secretarial work…?!!!
How many have women as deputy leaders or senators. St.Lucia is known to have more women in powerful positions in the Caribbean….yet very few in political position….now why is that?
ladies our turn…………take the helm
Kenny is Labour’s cancer.
Simon, give us some proof for your statement. And in other words what do you mean by that?
They are so afraid of Kenny…..it’s like Kenny is a cancer in onces mouth. Do you know that you are making Kenny Anthony more popular……all the air play for my dear kenny anthony all the better.
He meant that Kenny is a life threatening disease.You betcha.
Kenny was the one who cost Labour the last election and he will do it again. Any fool can see that Kenny is more of a liability than an asset to Labour and for Labour to stand a chance they must get rid of the cancer within, otherwise they’re doomed to fail again.
Perhaps you see things from an SLP angle but I watch them from logic lenses. It is illogical for Kenny to be the leader of the SLP and it is even illogical to run again as an SLP Rep, so I and thousands of others think that Kenny Anthony should retire for now, at least.
Labour is a good party, it just had some leaders who were dictator wannabes, and trust me, I grew-up in a Labour household but I have an independent mind. Kenny must go to give Labour a fair chance at competing otherwise they might as well throw in the towel, it’s over.
I hope you understand what I mean.
How did Kenny cost the last election? Explain that to me How is Kenny a liability to the SLP? So you are the only one seeing that, and all the other educated members in the party who voted for Kenny are blind, deaf and dumb? So they all want to waste their time and money. I will tell if you do not know, in the last election the whole media was on Kenny back, blaming him for everything, including his mistakes and even crime etc. None of them highlighted any of his achievements. The public fell for that, that is why we end up with that incompetend government on our backs today. This time it is very different, the people realize the trick and they will not be fooled this time around. If you listen to the talk shows these days, the announcers who are trying to pull that same trick is getting a lot of pressure from the public. How is Kenny a dictator wannabe when he called election a whole year before it was due the last time? Dictators never call elections. Before you talk your nonsense, you must think because you must realize that there are people who can remember the facts. King is not a dictator tell him call call eWhat has Kenny done to you? Do you ever sit down and wander, if Kenny did not get that 9 years stint how would St Lucia have been today? If the crime situation is so bad today, how would it have been in the situation where we did not have enough school places in primary schools and secondary. With all that murders going on today, the few that are caught, would escape back on our streets from that shit hole the UWP left to us as a prison. We would have seen our only test cricketer play in West Indies colors or have international cricket in St Lucia, for that fact. We would never seen a 4 lane road in St Lucia, with over head walks. etc, i could go on and on. Please list the achievements of the party that will win Kenny or prevent him from winning? You St Lucians hate Kenny so much they would prefer to stay in the mess in which they are in today.
You see my point?
two things kenny ever did woth mentioning in 8 years,,,,,and not even that he did well……the new prison[already too small...and hyatt [he give it to his bud sandals]…..mr big belly forget you………if i have to choose bett king and kenny …i choose kenny….but now we have a better choice…….never………we can not afford …..let me rephrase….the poor people in stlucia can not afford more of the same……time for bold new laws……yes we can….yes we will……politicians will learn to respect the people they work for;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;enough
So Your name start with J so i will call you J… A.. , i know you are not in St Lucia, and you know nothing or you pretend not to know anything about St Lucia. Any fellow J. A like you will point out and show the many things Kenny did in St Lucia. I will not waste my time with you, because they are big and bold for all of us to see in St Lucia..
just listen to yourself….we the public servants and tax payers are the ones who made a difference when kenny was in power…..we gave him our work to do and he failed arrogantly”””’no more………….you can fool us only twice………..we voteing all of those selfish politicians out in 2011…….just so you know i live in coway for now………..toof
Explain to us what you mean by “we the public servants tax payers are the ones who make the difference when Kenny was in power.” I am glad you know there was a difference when Kenny was in office. Speak for yourself, which work did you gave to Kenny? I am supprised you all have not seem it fit give the present government any work for them to succeed at. I believe now you all will do that, because they cut off facebook etc under you all.
kenny did not face a recession as bad as king has to face…..like bush he left the mess for someone else to fix,,,,,i am not a slp or uwp i am a stlucian……who think s that its time to put yellow and red in the rubbish and let fix stlucia …..i used to be a slp supporter until i was dissillusioned by doctor arrogant……….cheers
Anybody who spends more than he earns over a period of 9 years is not fit to run anything let alone a country’s budget, so please !
I thought that I had answered this revolving door of a question on a prevous blog….St. Lucian politics is based on pure machismo….bigger balls politics, law of the jungle….Alpha Male electons! Kenny clearly has the biggest reproductive organs in the St.lucia labour party, (and the largest belly…save Calixte George)! Therefore being the biggest, smartest and most good looking (no homo), among his cohorts, he is able to be leader by default. Ask any labour supporter who should be pm, and they will say kenny, not peirre or the guy from Ciceron, or the Earthshaker from labourie, or the cultural enthusiast or…..The sun for the labour party rises and falls with the “REAL HEAVY ROLLER” a.ka. Kenny D, a.k.a. Dont let them take your fingerprints after i signed it into law a.k.a. I will take revenge when I get into power……Pierre has long proven that he will never be PM. I mean what better time to challenge but for the present? It can be well understood why Robert Lewis and Moosa are not dealing their respective Brutus blows…but Peirre has had from December ‘06 to the present to snatch what we all assume all politicians always wanted…..MORE POWER! Unless they are furgilicious ( ie. of the species furgilifrogulous, found in the chueseulian territory, most exemplified by backbencher status, and personified by one Ferguson John, usually exhibiting many backbencher habits)….My question is this….Is Philip J. a perpetual backbencher and second tier guy? Are the rest of the labour party second to the DR.????? Only time will tell, considering that elections should have been forced to be called atleast three years ago, I would feel very uneasy for the future of the labour party if they do not win the next general election!!!!!
Both the SLP and the UWP are operating with a 20th century frame of mind! The PM is lord, master, saviour, boss, and has all the knowledge. That is why the SLP changed its very progressive looking party rules to put Kenny back at the top of the party again. They can’t have enough of this man. The followers are saying to everybody we are not worthy, oh King of St. Lucia.
The man since he has been chosen again to lead the party has not shown one single idea where he would lead the country better than last time. He has said absolutely nothing that will show that he takes the idea of losing and wasting taxpayers’ money, either by gross negligence, like Roachasmell, and the NCA commesse, should be checked with better methods of governance as the LPM has shown in its manifesto.
Let Labour in under Kenny again for a third time, and we can expect no difference from his first two terms. He has not said anything that he would do or do differently up to now! He has only talked about his and his wife’s pet project known as the labour code, as if that is going to put food on the table of the poor, and the unemployed.
This man has absolutely no vision. I do not see us voting for anything more than just as what has happened in the past. Must St. Lucians risk giving away another $45 million by this man who does not seem to understand the value of money or what $45 million could have bought us, nor respect our blood sweat and tears, just to have him again as a decorated PM. Is not that just too costly and burdensome an error to repeat?
It’s people like you who would criticize Kenny Anthony…..without pointing what he has done…..All you dwell upon is one mistake….Kenny Anthony will get back into power……
And when he does? Do u not see that that is the problem? That flambeaus just wanted to be in power…not thinking that they should have stayed out and kept their party’s good name? Atleast in opposition they seemed like a disorganised but still decent party with decent individual members? Now it seems like they are “Playing the Mass” with lucians all year round. I assure that nothing has been learnt from Kenny’s time in opposition! Why not let another individual take the helm? Whats wrong with Moosah? Whats wrong with Robert Lewis? They both have safe seats….(i’d mention Peirre but…safe seats count). Couldnt Kenny’s wife have pulled a Hillary Clinton????
People like you will never give up on trying to destroy Kenny can’t you tell it’s not working or are you still hoping? get over it kenny will be the next pm!
That is the problem. All that the people who think like you want is to have Kenny Anthony back in power.
Those of us who are responsible St. Lucians and who would care less which party wins, all that we want is better governance than we ever had before.
We do not want hand another $45 MILLION DOLLARS to foreigners and have nothing to show for it, because the leader of St. Lucia thinks he is too smart or too ignorant to follow procedure. We also want a leader who will take matters into his own hands and put systems in place so that when borbol is going on all around him and some heads will roll!
amen………..at least some of us not totally blind……….time to bury the past and move on to a dynamic future……….cheers
Guess what! I will be voting labour for the first time,I was blind but now I can see. What is this government doing to better this country ?
i’ve sat and read all ur comments.i’ve come to the conclusion that i being a former slp supporter,will NEVER vote them in office again,and i cant wait for next election i know kenny will suffer a heart attack,he better check his doctor the day b4 election.anslerayains are eagerly waiting to cast our votes.inspite of the rumors about dr.keith mondesir,we will vote him back.kenny disrespected us by selecting and not giving us a chance to elect our candidate.and to make matters worst after the selection some residents visited him at home and he pointed out that they should take it or leave it.that his decision has been made.well kenny dear we left,and come next year you’ll have to buy a sit at courts u wont win ur sit.we are tired of you and we want to prove it come the next general election.ANSE LA RAYE IS DOCTOR MONDESIR WE VOTING>THEY TRYING TO PUT DOWN HIM IN HIS QUEST TO BRING US PROGRESS>the evidence of his work lies in roseau.tet che min vanard,anse laraye .i challenge you to drive through his constituency.
You came back with that foolishness although, we all know that did not work the first time, these so called uwpees tried that and it did not work. And what’s we you talking about, speak for yourself. Kenny will get a heart attack, you believe Kenny is the one suffering in St Lucia? You believe Kenny is the one unemployed in St Lucia? Check you will see that Kenny just won a large sum of money in court, because of the dishonesty of the same Mondesir, and you want to make us believe that is a rumor. He was sentenced by a judge and he still lost the appeal. When has uwp ever have any run off in St Lucia? Did you all have a runoff to select Mondesir? Wasn’t the SLP the only party who ever had runoffs in St Lucia? Did their runoff candidate won? So why do you want then to practice something which was a failure? Did we St Lucians ever voted for King as our PM, was he not handed to us, want him or not? Why are you complaining, knowing your party has already won the seat and SLP will have to buy a seat in the next election?
@Truth!!! Why are you a watchful SLP dog? I think one of them is waving their magic stick on you or a family member(if you know what I mean) you look up at what most people find on the bottom of their shoes after stepping into something odious.Hello,now go home already.
Furious, Who taught you that kind of english? “now go home already” Do not degrade our St Lucian teachers, they never taught you that. My english is or will never be perfect, because we all make typing mistakes, but try not to learn your english from some of the foolishness you hear in the USA. I am not any SLP watch dog, i know SLP is not perfect as any other party is, but they are the better of the 2 parties we have in St Lucia. So when i hear people saying things that does not make sense, i correct them with as much facts as possible. I hope you or any of your family have never received any magic rod, and you all have never looked at the shit you stepped on. Why don’t you provide people with facts, instead of saying things that does not make sense.
Man! People don’t put runoffs on the table you know! That was one good thing to come out of Labour. Two steps backward the sheep within the SLP changed another progressive step by changing the rules to deify Kenny as Lord. None of the baying idiots even made a pretense at challenging him. In other words, we have no other king than Cesar or Kenny.
Labour is so passe when it comes to the future, that Kenny as leader has had nothing new to offer St. Lucia as someone said some time ago, a labour code, taking St. Lucians to court, and continuing with what he has done in the past. He has suggested no new answers to our chronic unemployment, government deficits, government waste, government borbol like NCA, and government giveaways and handouts like the $45 million he gave to Rochamel.
When you hear or see something that is very different from that, or you have found believable evidence that he has finally got to learn how to spend taxpayers money responsibly, please hurry and tell us.
Heeeee Oh boy poor Kenny
Kenny is not poor, check your facts properly. The PEOPLE of St Lucia are the ones who are poor.
ignorant.
Before you use words you please find out find out the meaning of them first. I will tell you, you must know that is not one person on this earth that is not ignorant on many, many. many things. Nobody knows is all, so everybody is ignorant of one thing or the other.
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i slp so empty that they can not replace kenny after his 8 years then they do not deserve our vote……..after that same kenny talk so much about compton 30 some years in power ,,,,,,its the same thing over and over again……….if you too arrogant to follow then we do not want you as leader…………you had your chance….time for new idea and not just talk talk talk…….slp is useless if they can not imagine de party without kenny………uwp is worthless because like slp its the same tired ideas over and over again…………if we can not bury slp and uwp as lucians we also are worthless…………we talk a whole lot but when it comes time for action we are a bunch of cowards…….and so the corruption continues…….the lawlessness continues…….the cocaine dollars continue to fool us……the murders continue………why even bother to complain if we as lucians not willing to make the necessary changes……ONLY FOOLS KEEP DOING THE SAME OLD THINGS EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME………….if we not ready to embrace bold new ideas…..a modern legal system thats fair…….and the necessary sacrifices……..we are doomed as a people……….where are our leaders stlucia?……all i see is a bunch of show off artist like velonjohn….seeing who can use the biggest words in the best sentences,,,,,oh well…….educated idiots……….why even bother stlucia………UWP FAILED US SLP FAILED US………TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW ……or get ready for another kick in the butt red yellow or green……..wake up stlucia
That is true. Kenny since losing the election has remained very silent on how he would re-energize the economy, put the unemployed to work in greater numbers than with face-saving charades like STEP.
He has no answers to our problems.
Few people within the Labour party have asked for any. Therefore, he remains silen. Although he makes noises about other things like crime, but just because demLPM fellas from LMP forced him to agree to cooperate with the government.
Watch. He is coming back with labour code, lawsuits for his legal friends to make money, borbol in the government agencies, cost overruns on projects, and handouts to the rich, all the time mortgaging the future of St. Lucians’ grandchildren for decades to come.
I have said it before and I will say it again. If Kenny is not good for the SLP let folks like me see that. UWP hacks put your house in order before u try peeping through Labour’s fenceholes. As for the comment about big belly, last time I checked King was hundreds of miles away from having a six pack. So please let us not go down Kenny Bashing Avenue. Because Big Bear Boulevard is no better, or should I say, far worse. I rest my case.
Should not the question how much longer do we have to put with this shambolic government and lying cvabinet. Come on Marrana find a way to blame Kenny for a Judge describing the whole cabinet as liars.
“Take me to court”.
That is all that this very smart and educated man has to offer. But for a man who in an interview said that the law is the most important area of concern in his life, that should not be strange. He dumped education.
We know that this man has only a smattering of knowledge of economics, too little for someone who has to make economic decisions about billions of dollars. He has little knowledge of how to manage public finance and floundered miserably on the decision to spend $45 million on attracting investment into St. Lucia,
Kenny is bad and wrong for St. Lucia at this time.
How can a man who knows so very little about transforming an economy and developmental economics make the changes that we desperately need now, when he probably has done just only one course in economics at university level, Introduction to Economics in year one?
He knew so little about transformation economics like John Compton before him, that the fall-back position of the tourism industry had to hit him in the head before he changed the novice just from school as minister, to a more seasoned performer, Mr. Pierre.
“Take me to court”, he shouts. Will he take the WTO to court? Oh yes. The WTO is the final court of arbitration that destroyed our bananas. Any PM with economic savvy, would know that today’s world economy DEMANDS that we get higher value out of what we produce?
Do you see Compton, King, and Kenny having the basic understanding of how to do that, and to employ the army of the unemployed and underemployed in St. Lucia?
Does he speak of the plans?
See why Kenny is wrong on the issues? See why both King and Kenny are wrong for St. Lucia?
“Take me to court” , he says. Meanwhile, he created ghettos and garrison constituencies.
He did not take the Don to court? This proves that the law is not the solution to our ECONOMIC problems. Kenny has not got that message yet!.
The SLP are out to sea on the issues that really…
In most democracies that I know of, the shambles caused by an individual in the political arena would be met with the removal of the individual from the position he or she occupies. In addition, if that person comit a crime, chances are he/she would be prosecuted by a court of law. So what is different with St. Lucia and its political scene? The truth is, we have not moved much from where we were 30 years (perhaps more) ago. Question is, has Dr. Anthony done anything wrong? Did he break the law, commit a crime while in office? If the answer is “yes” then he should be prosecuted for that criminal act. Is it a matter of mistakes were made by the ex PM when he was in office? If that is the case, has he admitted to his errors? Were St. Lucians right to vote the Labour Party out of office because of Dr. Kenny Anthony’s allegedly wrong doings, mistakes or crime? That was their choice and the electorate must be entitled to choice…their choice. I cannot compare PM King with Dr. Anthony. But I take my hat off to the current PM for trying to lead his nation, under difficult circumstances, out of the mess we are in. But let us not forget that Dr. Anthony also achieved some good while in office…but alas, you are usually judged by the last time mess up!
Let’s Just give the new party LPM a chance and finish with that. Every 5 years is the same circus. I don’t know why we just don’t make up one mind to bury both Kenny and King in one go. Lets rock the vote as someone said on another topic and make them all shut up for once. What do we have to lose.
if lpm not redy with bold new ideas and a modern legal system…..then we have 3 years learning curve to lose……i to am fed up with uwp and slp but i also know we can not afford more of the same plus a learning curve…….cheers
some dogs even refuse to eat their vomit………..why would we want king or kenny as our leaders…………….next year we have to shock our political system …….we have to empty the house of all trash………..our legal system is ancient and is failing our ordinary citizens…….our style of politics is selfdestructive……its time to get rid of slp and uwp…….we have to demand that politicians listen because we the people have the power not them………………stlucia lets be the best…………..tbc
I wonder at the sense of it all! The governments mandate the country’s betterment improve the lives of its people! A Hotel project agreed but as with all things St Lucian, things don’t go as planned! So it fails an empty hotel, a spoiled reputation to other potential investors. The Hotel it cannot be removed, transferred or taken from the land upon which it sits. The government ‘paid’ and used our tax money to ensure we derived a benefit from its creation in addition to maintaining the country’s reputation for other potential investors. That’s what guarantees are for it protects the interest of the parties involved, the more money the greater the risk the bigger the guarantee. So not the usual manner in which a country’s money maybe ‘invested’, there are no stocks or certificates and deeds but the hotel is operating contributing to our economy? The difference is perception then the materialist amongst us those that see only ‘personal’ gain and loss. But a true leader must see what benefits the country and if circumstance placed you in that situation what choice would you make for our benefit and the reputation of St Lucia. It is easy in hindsight to say this and that but leaders rarely have the benefit of foreknowledge and they must always if they are dedicated to our betterment decide for the country’s future sometimes at the expense of their party even their professional and personal reputations. I hear of these financial tycoons such as Madoff and Sanford they have coned worldwide financial institutions and business people even countries of BILLIONS of dollars, there is no hotel physical asset to be seen or recovered no return to be had. So I would rather Dr Kenny D Anthony who may or may not have learnt from his mistakes this not being one of them because what was done was done in our service and not his own; who amongst you or the other ‘notable’ politicians would sacrifice and take such responsibility knowing the cost and still be…
Golda ….Kenny only made one mistake! oh please.
He is a massa and your are one of the offspring’s of the slaves which his family owned, well disciplined and loyal. That mentality of hatred and deceit and using people for their selfish gain have not changed even today it is in his DNA, i.e. “I will only stand for 2 terms, oh maybe more lets change the SLP constitution again”. The man does not even like Lucians judging from who he married to refusing to apologise publicly to the St.Lucians people for the one mistake you claim he made.