BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – An appeal to young people in St. Kitts and Nevis to become involved in the electoral process.
“You have to take a stand. The vote is your voice in the public debate. You must have a voice in the public debate about what happens to your country,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth, Hon. Sam Condor told a meeting in Cleverly Hill in Sandy Point on Thursday.
“The youth must have a voice in the public debate about the direction of the country,” said Condor, who pointed out that prior to 1952, the social, political, and economic decisions were made for the masses by the planter class.
“Before the Labour Party came on the political scene you had the Great Houses or the Plantation Houses and the trash houses. Look what successive Labour Governments have done in revolutionizing housing in this country. You now have low-income houses, middle-income houses, NHC homes, SSMC homes, under this Labour Government,” said Condo, Leader of Government Business in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly.
Condor, who is seeking a six-term Parliamentary Representative for West Basseterre said the construction of over 3,000 homes financed through several programmes under the Labour Party Administration of Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in the past 14 years, is unprecedented in the Caribbean.
Youths at public meeting
(Photo by Erasmus Williams)
