She was not born in Union Island; she was not born in Mayreau; she was not born in Canouan. She has never lived on any island of the Southern Grenadines. She has never worked anywhere in the Southern Grenadines. She has never engaged in any community work to help the people of the Southern Grenadines. Where was this woman in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl when her party was dragging its feet in providing timely humanitarian assistance to the people of the Southern Grenadines who desperately needed help to rebuild their lives and livelihoods?
How can she possibly expect to represent effectively the people of the Southern Grenadines remotely? Truth be told, this woman has lived all of her life in St. Vincent except for a period of time when she lived in New York and couldn’t care less. No one from the Southern Grenadines really knows who this woman is. It is interesting to note that she did not consider running in any of the available constituencies of South Windward, East Kingstown, or Central Kingstown, given the fact that she is from Mainland St. Vincent.
So, what exactly qualifies this Mainland St. Vincent Woman to accept the ULP’s offer to contest the Southern Grenadines constituency on its behalf in the upcoming general election? After careful consideration, I conclude, and I strongly believe that she has accepted, that her sole and only qualification, if she ever were to stand any chance of success, will be her surname recognition. This woman’s only claim to fame is that she carries her father’s surname. Her father was born and raised on Union Island and he is from one of Union Island’s well-known families — the Stewarts, who traditionally have been strong supporters of the New Democratic Party. In fact, one of her uncles was the parliamentary representative of the Southern Grenadines and all of her remaining uncles and aunts are supporters of the NDP. I wonder, too, apart from her government job, how else is she benefitting from the ULP largesse?
For ULP to put forward this woman as its candidate for the Southern Grenadines and for her to bold-facedly accept its offer is a gross insult to the intelligence of the people of the Southern Grenadines. It is an absolutely shameful and disrespectful act by this SICK and delusional party. They could not even find a born and bred resident of the Southern Grenadines as its candidate, not even one from among its three-headed money-grabbing corrupt monster who lives on Union Island.
This vindictive evil ULP regime has frustrated the people of the Southern Grenadines in its divide-and-rule policy during its 25-year autocratic rule and, in particular, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. One wicked act that the ULP is currently doing to the residents who were forced to leave Union Island following Beryl is to deny them the right to register as voters once they return to Union Island. So, my advice to this Mainland St. Vincent woman, take whatever they give you and run because the ULP does not stand a snowball chance in hell. We, the people of SVG have suffered far too long under this repressive, bad-minded, evil, wicked administration. ENOUGH, NO MORE!!!
A True Union Island Resident
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Donald Trump parents were from Scotland and he running America
Donald Trump parents were Scottish and he running America
Ah don’t think I can add anything else to that, than to say “WELL SAID”. Every Vincentian no matter where you hail be it Mainland or the Grenadines, none of us should sit and say we are going to support the ulp not after what they have showed to us they are capable of doing.
The bigger picture really is are you the people going to make them win again, so being on the fence let’s say for all the good the ULP party has done ??? Clearly unless you blind nuff persons have benefited with them being in power???? But then again nuff yes nuff of our people only for themselves ???? As long as I’m alright things running for me ??? Who cares about the poor man and woman. I have seen so so so many fact that have received and continue to receive, and the others that really really really need the help either to dark to poor or don’t wear the right colour T shirt ???? So to conclude re the acceptance of a candidate that doesn’t know or come from that area 😂😂😂😂what did we expect ????
Ms. Riley you seem to be in agreement with the writer’s point of view ,though not what you probably have intended.
Trump’s Parents may have come from Scotland ,but Trump is a born and bread American citizen. Only American born citizens can seek the office of President of the United States of America. That country’s constitution prohibits non-born citizens from seeking the office of President.
In the case of SVG ,we do not elect a president. we elect representatives from each of the constituencies and from which the Prime Minister is selected. While SVG ‘s constitution does not required a citizen to be born in a constituency in order to represent that constituency, the cultural and social norms of the country would dictate that it is far more beneficial for a potential MP to either be born in it or have strong cultural ,social and family ties with it. Which means living, working and engaging in community activities. It also means you can identify with the people because they see you as one of them and would know what their needs and interest are. It puts the candidate in a far better position having come from the “bowels of the constituency”.
JACQUI, you’re seriously going to make this comparison.
If you grew up in the southern grenadines you will or should know how our ppl are when it comes to their representation, if you’re not rooted and share our experience, you’re not going to represent them.
Ms. Riley you seem to be in agreement with the writer’s point of view, though not what you probably had intended. Trump’s parents may have come from Scotland but Trump is a born and bred American citizen. Only American born citizens can seek the office of President of the United States. That country’s constitution prohibits non-born citizens from seeking the office of president.
In the case of SVG, we do not elect a president; we elect representatives from each constituencies and from which the Prime Minister is selected. While SVG’s constitution does not require a citizen to be born in a constituency in order to represent that constituency, the cultural and social norms of the country would dictate that it is far more beneficial for a potential MP to either be born in it or have strong cultural, social and family ties with it, which means living, working or engaging in community activities within the constituency. It also means you can identify with the people because they would see you as one of them and you would know what their needs and interests are. It puts the candidate in a far better position having come from the “bowels of the constituency”.