Reshuffle Cabinet, Reshuffle the Questions

Dear Prime Minister Dr. Douglas,

You have failed to address our Health.

For weeks now we have all listened to how the lack of resources to the Solid Waste Management Corporation (SWMC) has left barely one truck to collect garbage for the whole of St. Kitts.

Those from the SWMC are not to be blamed when they confessed to the media that this lack is because the $5.5 million collected each year for the SWMC has not been released.

As you know PM Douglas, PILES OF GARBAGE on our streets is a national concern-And your failure to speak on this matter at your last Press Conference, August 27,2008, is therefore an urgent concern.

PM Douglas, it was your silence on August 8, 2008, that best shows that you have no intention to give account for the $5.5 million collected per year for the SWMC.

SKN Students Engage PM Douglas on the Cabinet reshuffle, August 8, 2008:

1.) Reshuffle the Blame – The Finance Minister is the official responsible for the collection of Government revenue & expenditure.

PM Douglas, after thirteen (13) years as Finance Minister, your decision to name Timothy Harris the new Finance Minister is questionable for two reasons:

a) At the very time the UN reports that “St. Kitts’ and Nevis’ debt is highest in the OECS” you failed to explain why Timothy Harris was named to the Finance position, which you alone have held in your Cabinet.

b) “St. Kitts’ and Nevis’ debt is highest in the OECS” means that you have failed as Finance Minister PM Douglas. Yet you attempted to convince us that your sudden willingness to be National Security Minister made you decide to reshuffle the Finance Ministry to Timothy Harris.

However, you have failed PM Douglas in the attempt to reshuffle the blame for the state of our economy. Your legacy is that after thirteen (13) years as Finance Minister “St. Kitts’ and Nevis’ debt is highest in the OECS”

2.) Reshuffle the Questions - PM Douglas, whereas it was your responsibility to give account of the $5.5 million as the Minister of Finance, Sustainable Development and Information & Technology, you have carefully attempted to avoid the question of the $5.5 million collected per year for the SWMC and the responsibility for PILES OF GARBAGE on our streets.

a) PM Douglas, with the PILES OF GARBAGE on our streets, you need to explain why you failed to give account of the $5.5 Million before you named Timothy Harris the new Finance Minister.

b) PM Douglas, you need to explain why you have reshuffled Cabinet in a way that makes it more difficult to obtain answers to the $5.5 Million collected per year for the SWMC.

For example, you first separated your position as the Minister of Finance, Sustainable Development and Information into three (3) parts but only kept responsibility for Sustainable Development. Then you deliberately named two (2) different Cabinet members to take on your responsibility; Timothy Harris as the new Finance Minister and Sam Condor as the new Information & Technology Minister.

PM Douglas, your tactic to reshuffle the questions means that in order for us to obtain answers to the PILES OF GARBAGE on our streets we must now track down three (3) Ministers including yourself:

i) Timothy Harris – named the new Minister responsible for the $5.5 Million collected per year for the SWMC.
ii) Sam Condor - named the new Minister responsible to inform & educate the public on Government supported initiatives, activities and intentions.
iii) Sustainable Development – the one Ministry that you kept PM Douglas means you are STILL the official responsible to provide management of the environment, “to prevent, mitigate and/or reverse environmental degradation”

Moreover, Public Health is a matter of National Security. As a medical doctor you know that the PILES OF GARBAGE on our streets form unhealthy conditions for the people of St. Kitts.


PM Douglas, you have failed to address our Health. In order to reshuffle the questions and avoid the critical issues in St. Kitts and Nevis you attempt to play musical chairs with Cabinet positions. We will therefore hold your entire Cabinet responsible for PILES OF GARBAGE on our streets. We will therefore hold your entire Cabinet responsible for the unaccounted $5.5 Million collected per year to the SWMC.

By this Concern, We Vociferate
SKN Students Engaged.
sknstudentsengaged.blogspot.com

A Group of Concerned students in the Federation who will not be SILENT to the urgent political issues of St Kitts and Nevis.