Articles - NDM to Run Strategic Campaign

Leader of the National Development Movement (NDM) says his party will run a peoples’ campaign since it does not have the type of money to run the type of campaign both the United Workers Party and the Saint Lucia Labour Party are presently running.
Although he did not mention it Ausbert d’Auvergne’s remark touched on campaign financing, something which no one party has yet to discuss.
Election campaigns for public office are expensive. Candidates need funding for all sorts of things including travelling, to maintain support staff, advertising, public appearances like the holding of public meetings in their constituencies, and a host of other things.
Unless they are independently wealthy or have foreign governments handing them tons of cash, most candidates must finance their campaigns with contributions from individuals, businesses and other organizations.
While in other countries of the world limits have been set on campaign contributions and countries have passed laws requiring political parties and candidates to disclose the contributions coming their way and have imposed record-keeping requirements for candidates seeking elective office, this is not the case in Saint Lucia.
With those seeking political office not called on to disclose who gives them money for their campaigns and how much money they have or have collected for their campaigns it is safe to say that persons, businesses and organizations can influence governments, ministers and other members of parliament to work in their favour for the campaign handouts given.