Published 25 October 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Is there a conspiracy of silence in St. Kitts and Nevis?
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 25th 2017 – “Is there a conspiracy of silence among professional groups in St. Kitts and Nevis?
That is the question posed on a recent edition of Freedom 106.5 FM during discussion on the continuing international spotlight on St. Kitts and Nevis in relation to damming reports that a rogue herpes vaccine trial involving 20 United States and British citizens was conducted at a private home on St. Kitts last year.
“I do not understand why there is a conspiracy of silence among professionals in this country. I really do not understand it. It seems like anybody has the backbone or the culture anymore to talk about issues that even affect them in their professions,” said the caller to the popular programme.
The caller said there are too many issues where the opinion of the St. Kitts and Nevis Medical Association is warranted.
“I can think of the Basseterre High School, the (illegal) stem cell at the J. N. France General Hospital, (deteriorating) health management, and now this ( herpes vaccine trial). Why is there a silence from the professionals,” said the male caller.
His comments come at a time when several professional bodies including the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Nevis Christian Council, the Nevis Evangelical Association, the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association, the St. Kitts Christian Council, the St. Kitts Evangelical Association, the St. Kitts Business Forum, the Nevis Teachers Union and the St. Kitts Teachers Union have remained totally silent on several national issues including crime, corruption, cronyism, nepotism, the stifling of parliamentary democracy in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, the watering down of the Public Accounts Committee, the refusal of the Team Unity Government to provide office space and finance the functioning of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, the decision of the Team Unity Government to construct a new Basseterre High School on the Basseterre water table which provides millions of drinking water to residents of Basseterre and its environs; the Lanny Davis payments from the Office of the Prime Minister despite his denials and the call by ousted executive and founding members of the Peoples Labour Party (PLP) allegation that over EC$10 million in campaign funds cannot be accounted for.
