If the headline to this article immediately caused you a feeling of glee or animosity, I will be the first to tell you that you are part of the problem which has gripped St. Vincent and the Grenadines by its gonads and have refused to let go.
It is time for the NDP to be taken to task for the current state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. I do not say that in the sense of going back to pre-2001 where there was an NDP-led government but rather to the lack of accountability of the NDP, which has led to a five-time back-to-back ULP government.
Election go, election come, the NDP has often found a plethora of excuses as to why they loss the elections and have over the past two electoral cycles, taken solace in holding the majority of the votes. The votes sadly do not matter in our system of governance. Seats are what matter and the failings of the NDP time and time again to be able to capture the majority of the seats to form government should warrant introspection by them.
The NDP and many of their lackeys are unwilling to have the hard conversations and make the hard decisions to move the party and the country forward out of the grasp of the ULP. Unless and until the leadership of the NDP becomes willing to pull their heads from the sand, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has a sixth term ULP government in its future.
Ways in which the NDP has failed:
- Allowing its machinery to be used to push conspiracy theories
2. Supporting/not disassociating from extremists
3. Failing to target/change rhetoric to influence moderate voters
4. Failing to capitalise on the shortcomings of the ULP in a structured, coherent manner
5. Failing to stay on topic as it relates to (ALL) issues affecting the population
6. Failing to as an organisation to understand the public and tailor PR to address the needs of the public
7. Failing to act as a tool through which the public can be reminded of the shortcomings of the ULP since 2001.
The list can continue but these are some of the more glaring aspects of the NDP’s failings. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is ripe for a change of government but if the NDP continues to refuse to not take constructive criticism and change course, nothing will change.
There needs to be a concerted effort, a unified drive, a one-ness in voice, in approach, in mandate.
To Dr. Friday, it is time to take your leadership in hand.
A want-to-be NDP Supporter
I would say you are correct by them not being more vocal. However how do you overcome the begging mentality that they “ULP” have created for the last 25 years by having so many people on a poor relief list. This was never the case before the Ulp came to office.
Absolute hogwash! You are ULP suppprter who is scared of th3 impending lost of power and therefore you are blaming NDP for the ULP failings. I am n9t even gonna comment further on this piece of crap.
There is an old adage that goes like this, “One is entitled to their opinion not the facts” Ladies and gentlemen I am speaking factually, corruption and mismanagement are what caused the NDP to loose the trust of the people of St Vincent in 2001. We can speak of the Ottley Hall fiasco, the CNN fiasco, the Toussaint fiasco in which government employees were sold land in Cannouan for.10 per square foot NDP supporters.
The same can be said now of the ULP government which started out honorably but over the years has suffered from the same malaise as the NDP led government in 2001.
We can speak of the vaccine mandate, abuse of the good office while in power while in office. Last but not lease is the Fitzhughes saga in which Rayneau was allowed to evade environmental oversight to take prime lands and turn it into an environmental disaster.
The national debt soured while the ULP is in office, and is generally believed to be within the vicinity of 3 billion. A remarkable feature of the ULP government is the building of the Argyle international Airport and the Kingstown pier and finally the new Hospital in Arnos Vale. However, even though a reasonable person can estimate these projects to be 1 billion. The tally of 3 billion is unconscionable and excessive.
The time has come for the ULP to demit office because of the consistent abuse of power while in office. Vincentians are still smarting from the Cornelius John and the Michelle Andrews fiasco are never far from the minds of rightful thinking Vincentians. The time has come to ask the ULP to leave gracefully after five in a row which now equates to 25 years in office. If not they will suffer the same fate as the NDP in 2001.
The ULP has aged and dated in its thinking.The ULP has now lack relevance and has shown evidence of lethargy to the extent that six in a row will become burdensome to the average Vincentian voter. Ralph , Vincentians are saying thanks but no thanks for your request and desire for six in a row.
Warts and all, there is no denying the the ULP has won five-in-a-row elections, and is sure to win six-in-a-row, because the party has done a far better job of promoting its accomplishments and projecting a positive vision of the future of our resource-poor country than than the NDP both under Sir James Mitchell and during its 14-plus dysfunctional years in the political wilderness.
An important difference between the two parties is that the ULP has always put forward a far better field of candidates — better educated, more informed, harder working, and more articulate — from one election to the next than the NDP.
In short, ordinary Vincentians see the NDP as a party composed of pathetic losers and chronic whiners.
Overall, too many Vincentians simply don’t believe that their lives and beloved country would be improved substantially under NDP rule.
Gonsalves blowing his horn once more. Everything is NDP fault while he has been PM for 24 years. Who you want to fool again. We don’t want a marxist dictator anymore. We fed up of borrowing and getting more in debt. The youth deserve better than you. It is time to rest yourself. Stay out of politics you are no good at it.
As long as people feel like they are going to lose their poor relief as little as it is they will vote they same way, hence the reason this government put them and keep the in that position. Keep them black souls poor and you control them.
I read the headline “ULP, a symptom of NDP failings” and immediately agreed with it. The ULP has not been wiing the last 4 elections, the NDP, with Mr. Eustace and Dr. Friday, have been losing the elections.
Major Leacock is too argumentative
Daniel Cummings is bombastic
Nigel Stephenson sound too whiny
Terrance Ollivierre is childish and has nothing to offer. The only reason why he win is because The Grenadines people has sense not to vote ULP.
The only viable candidates in that party are
Fitzgerald Bramble, NDP leader
Shevern John – 1st Vice
Kishore Shallow – 2nd Vice
Laverne Gibson
Chieftain Neptune
Conroy Huggins
Kishore Shallow
Kaschaka Cupid
Philip Jackson
Andrew John is a place holder.
The NDP needs people who understand social media and a good understanding of the 25-50 aged people.
The NDP needs to be build from the ground up as the foundation it stood on is now weak. If transformation is not attained, the ULP will have a 6th term in office.