Published 25 February 2020
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
PM Harris to rotate one-on-one consolations: Constituency Number Six is next
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, February 25, 2020 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Prime Minister and Area Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Number Seven (Bellevue to Ottley’s), Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, on Saturday February 22 held an extended one-on-one consultations session with his constituents at the constituency office on Main Street in Tabernacle.
“Today we intend to cater for the constituents of Number Seven,” said Prime Minister Harris. “In our public notice, promotion of this event, we indicated that this was a special session for one-on-one interactions between the parliamentary representative and the constituents of Bellevue to Ottley’s.”
It was noted that while there was need for constituents to have more time with their parliamentary representative, it is not held 100 per cent steadfast to that arrangement as in the past people from other constituencies have been turning up, and efforts have always been made to accommodate them to meet with their prime minister.
Prime Minister Harris advised that he would want to have unique sessions where the constituents could more leisurely interact with their MP and under those circumstances he would prefer that other appointments be made for non-constituents. He however advised that one-on-one consultations would be held in rotation to allow persons to meet with their prime minister in their own constituencies instead of travelling to other constituencies.
“The next one-on-one interactions we intend to have will be in Constituency Number Six,” said the Honourable Prime Minister. “I have been in Number Two, and I have been in Number Three.”
Dr Harris added: “I should also say that this office is now fully functional and we will have at least two persons available each day, Monday to Friday, to do a number of things – take notes of persons wanting to meet with the prime minister, and conveying that information to the Prime Minister’s office in Basseterre.”
The office will also assist persons to fill out the various application forms; for land, passports and the Poverty Alleviation Programme among others. That will provide a helpful service so that persons don’t have to seek to see the prime minister to get their forms filled.
The one-on-one session on Saturday went beyond the advertised time of 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm where the Prime Minister saw many people, starting with Mr Ezekiel Wattley of Mansion. Others chose to see the prime minister in pairs especially when it was the case family members.
Prime Minister Harris said the one-on-one sessions are useful because they help him to deliver more effective service to the constituents when they come and give their particular issues and concerns.
“I have taken note of them and will try my endeavour best to bring results in those areas, based on the information they have presented, and I think that we can bring some relief,” said Dr Harris. “I like these sessions – I enjoy doing them because it gives me a kind of a first-hand sense of what is happening; the reality of people’s lives and their living conditions which is helpful in helping us as a government to bring policy prescriptions that matter, and which bring useful assistance to the lives of our people.”
