They forgot to inform the voters in St. Lucia that the code is yellow in the Caribbean, and so on Monday the “Mood is Red” prevailed as the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won a convincing second consecutive term in office.
Supporters of the SLP had long indicated that they would ensure that the sweep by political parties using the phrase “yellow is the colour” such as in Trinidad and Tobago, and more recently, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, would not be replicated here.
“First of all I would like to thank the people of St. Lucia for conducting what was a very decent election, an election free from violence and this is testimony of the maturity of our people and the maturity of our democracy.
“I want to thank the members of the St. Lucia Labour Party, the executive, the cabinet, the men and women in the constituency groups , who worked hard, who worked tirelessly that this victory happened,” a jubilant Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre told supporters after the preliminary results show that the party is on course to better the 13-2 victory it recorded in the 2021 general election. (CMC)
