St. George’s, June 28, 2010 – Former St. Lucia Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, is to visit Grenada next month. The head of the St. Lucia Labour Party, Dr. Anthony is now Leader of the Opposition in Parliament.
He will be the keynote speaker at a rally in St. Andrew to commemorate the second anniversary in government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas.
The rally, on July 11, will form part of the annual convention of the NDC, which will meet in a closed door session earlier in the day at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS).
“We are going to have with us the Leader of the Opposition in St. Lucia, Dr. Kenny Anthony, who is representing a party with which we have had very good relations over many years. We will have him there and we will have cultural activities,’’ said Foreign Minister Peter David, who is also General Secretary of the NDC.
He described the July 11 event as an “important convention,’’ coming on the second anniversary of the government’s election to office.
“We invite all Grenadians, not only members of the National Democratic Congress, to come to the activities around the convention to celebrate with us,’’ Mr. David said.
“We are going to be having the delegates’ portion of the meeting at SAASS on the morning of July 11, and in the afternoon, we are going to be having a mass rally at Carlton Junction in St. Andrew where we will be further celebrating all of the achievements of the NDC government over the last two years.’’
The theme of the convention is, “NDC Delivering in the Face of Economic Challenges.’’
Mr. David said as the vehicle through which the government was voted into office in 2008, the NDC has a key role to play in the national development efforts of the ruling administration.
“We believe that the party is important with respect to ensuring that the government delivers on the promises that it made to our people,’’ he said. “Too many times a government is elected in our history and we do not monitor and ensure that the government is keeping on track with reference to our manifesto and our promises.’’
At the NDC convention, party members will review the government’s achievements and examine whether the administration has been “keeping on track with promises it has made to our people,’’ Mr. David said.
“We, as the party, will be interacting with the government ministers to ensure that the government keeps on track with what we have said in our manifesto that the government should be doing,’’ he explained. “Our obligation is to ensure that the environment is created for a better life for our people.’’
