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Published 11 October 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Hurricane Relief Fund, a cover for soliciting campaign contributions, illegal activities

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11^th 2017 – Public concern that provisions in the recently signed Statutory Rules & Regulations No. 14 of 2017 establishing the St. Kitts and Nevis Hurricane Fund could be a cover for soliciting election campaign contributions and contributions from illegal activities.

During Tuesday’s edition of “Ask the Leader” with former prime minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, political activist, Austin Edinborough, pointed to Section 6A (1) of the S R & O which states: ‘There is hereby established a Fund to be known as the St. Kitts and Nevis Hurricane Relief Fund and the Fund shall consist of (a) all monies contributed into the Fund for the purposes of an application for Citizenship by Investment.’

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Published 11 October 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Abuse of Hurricane Fund will be investigated; Opposition leader says 4,000 passports in 6 months puts pressure on CIP

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11^th 2017 – Former prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said Tuesday investigations will be carried out into any abuse of monies channelled into the recently announced Hurricane Relief Fund option as part of the country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme.

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