Thursday, April 7, 2011

A Fresh Face or an Old Guard: What Do Saint Lucians Want?

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10 comments:

Ira James said...

My guess is, yes, given the failure of both the SLP and UWP, they may well out and vote LPM. Lately, a lot of people in the country are acting as if they have nothing to lose. If this happens the UWP and SLP have no one to blame but themselves. Actually, while I don't think that LPM can win outright this time, I think there is the possiblity that they may surprise a lot of people and grab a seat on two.This is not to say they don't have their work cut out for them. But there is a distinct possiblity this could happen if they can strick the right tone.

Anonymous said...

Everywhere around the world the pattern is the same. Every new party or new leader that forms or heads a new government has to rely of a cadre of public and civil servants in the first few weeks, as it puts its agenda into place.

I read somewhere where the new kid on the block, the LPM, wants to make this country a developed country in only 10 years. But this is backed up to a large extent on the work and job experience of some in the leadership of the party.

LPM has management consultants, central bank (economic) consultants, public administration consultants, university professors and instructors, teachers, business leaders and owners of businesses, and persons with overseas marketing experience. LPM has both depth and breadth. If these people leave their jobs to run, it is because of an awareness of the need to sacrifice to put St. Lucia back on course.

There is word too, that the party has quite an extensive legislative agenda to turn around the country in 90 days. This might sound ambitious, but it depends on what the LPM has in store going forward.

Some members I know have very strong, deep, and long public and private sector experience. This too, backed up in part on what they have been saying on their website, shows great new leadership thinking and not just management of the status quo.

Some of the plans are there on Facebook. The private sector and public sector management skills are there in the leadership, to help them take St. Lucia to a new frontier of greatness, stability and hope. We will arrive there in one piece. I dare say that there is hope with the LPM.

Anonymous said...

I am still waiting for the UWP and SLP to convince me they mean well for the country. We should encourage more parties like LPM to get involved in the next elections. If they are serious they have my vote.

Anonymous said...

Bloggers #2 and perhaps #3 appear to be press releases from LPM headquarters. I hope they are not, otherwise, this does not look good for them, that is, writing nice things about yourself and pretending they from anonymous writers. If I've noticed this, others have too.

Anonymous said...

If this the strategy of the LPM - to hide behind anonymous blogs, then they will not get my vote. Such a strategy tells me they are no bold enough to stand openly behind their positions. Why is blogger # 2 and 3 ashamed of letting us know who they are?

Anonymous said...

The LPM has opened its headquarters? That sounds like a positive development. They are slow, but they seem to putting some important things into place, if what is said above is true.

Ira James said...

How dare you? blogger # 4. I don't have to hide beind a mask. I always write in my own name because I don't take my plate to Kenny, King or Prudent.

Mr. George ask the question and I gave my opinion. Learn to respect others.

Anonymous said...

Ira

I don't think that the blogger was referring to you. In any event he or she has no evidence that the LPM is responsible for 2 of the blogs posted here. In St Lucia every party have they share of hacks. There are fools who go on a tangent in support of their party. The blogger like number #2 and #3belongs in the same boat. All these suckers are eager to gain advantage for their views.

Anonymous said...

St. Lucians are so-o-o-o-o-o-o funny. If a person writes something against a party, rightaway that person is a hack for the opposite party. So we can only think like idiots in binary terms, off-on and on-off.

If a person writes because they like, for example, a new party, people who lack a vocabulary use the same word hack. Sooner or later this word hack will have no real meaning at all. Fairty did a real bad education job on Looshans. He created armies and armies of babbling idiots.

Anonymous said...

Angry blogger #1, it was not blogger #4 that accused you or whoever of being ashamed of showing your name. Thus, you too are very quick to wrongly accuse others.