d’Auvergne Warns of Extradition Request
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The revocation of Richard Frederick’s diplomatic and visitor visas by the State Department of the United States of America continues to garner feedback with the Leader of the National Development Movement (NDM) warning that the Government of Prime Minister Stephenson King could face more problems regarding Frederick.
Meanwhile both the NDM and the Labour Party are calling on Prime Minister King to show a degree of pride and moral courage and remove Frederick from his party’s bandwagon as a candidate for the upcoming general elections.
d’Auvergne put Prime Minister King on the alert when at a press conference Thursday to launch three more of his party’s candidates for the upcoming general elections, he said that King should prepare for an extradition request from the United States.
“The United Workers Party political leader must for once think of the image of this country and he must think of the implications for this country of his actions. I am saying to him that it is time that he shows some moral courage and does what is right for the country, and I will say to him too he must also be prepared for an extradition request because I am sure it is coming,” d`Auvergne said.
d’Auvergne who this year has decided to re-activate his NDM to participate in the forthcoming general elections has been earnestly campaigning. So far he has seven candidates including himself and promises to introduce more next week.
He says that the NDM will field candidates in 14 constituencies except Vieux Fort South, Vieux Fort North and Laborie.
The man who was once the Economic and Planning Minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephenson King and a once powerhouse in the public service, has a problem with the United Workers Party’s endorsement of Richard Frederick, given the revocation of his visas by the American Government, to contest the Castries Central seat on a United Workers Party ticket.
This endorsement of Frederick was enforced last Sunday at the UWP’s launch of Andy Daniel as the party’s candidate for Dennery North.
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It was at that rally Prime Minister King told the party faithful that a United States visa was not needed to become a parliamentarian.
The statement elicited remarks from both the NDM and the SLP with the NDM describing this as “disturbing”.
“The UWP political leader’s apparent endorsement of Richard Frederick as a candidate for the UWP for Castries central was one of the most disturbing things about that rally. I know it disturbed a lot of people in the country, I know it disturbed a lot of people in the UWP and candidates on the platform. The political leader even made reference to the Constitution to try to justify that apparent endorsement of Richard Frederick. But I am saying to the UWP political leader that it is time for him for once to do what is best for the country,” d’Auvergne said.
“The UWP political leader for once must think of the image of this country and he must think of the implication for this country of his actions as leader of this country. It is time that he shows some moral courage, does what is right for the country,” d’Auvergne said.
Dr. Ubaldus Raymond, the man who will be contesting the Castries North seat against Prime Minister King described the Prime Minister’s statement at Sunday’s rally as “irresponsible rhetoric”.
“As declared on the US State Department website, revocation of a diplomatic visa is considered by America itself to be an action it does not take lightly. No one ever loses their diplomatic visa for a good reason therefore something has to be wrong somewhere,” Dr. Raymond said.
The man who wants to unseat Prime Minister King says he is not comfortable with Richard Frederick’s reputation tainting his own and that of the people of the country and of the country itself.
Meanwhile the three NDM hopefuls who were introduced to the media Thursday are Choix Melchoir, 36. He will carry the NDM banner in the Vieux Fort South Constituency.
Herman Philip, 37 will be the NDM candidate for Gros Islet and Nadge Augustin, 25 who will do battle in Castries Southeast.
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Oct 17, 2011 at 11:10 PM
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St Jude Hospital, Vieux Fort, St lucia today 09.09.09...coincidentally the same number for emergency .
