Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis is being viewed as a Dictator
St. Kitts & Nevis started their vaccination rollout at a remarkable speed almost a month ago but has now come to a staggering halt as citizens seem to have resistance to the campaign.
Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris has now resorted to demanding that persons be vaccinated. He has placed a mandate on businesses “not just to say, but to insist that every employee must be vaccinated. This is where it is going to come for the protection of your business, for the protection of the peace and the health of those who are vaccinated, employers including the government would have to give consideration to that.”
Prime Minister Harris further stated that during his weekly radio and television programme, called Leadership Matters, he announced “my government has sought the advice of constitutional experts” in relation to the matter of enforcing that persons take the COVID-19 vaccine. He added that “ultimately we are confident that our public health act does provide for the compulsory vaccination of persons, but certain SROs become necessary, as so we are getting further legal advice as to how we will move and how quickly.”
This announcement has stirred up much controversy amongst the citizens of the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Persons have taken to social media in outrage over last night’s announcement, calling the Prime Minister a bully and dictator. Dissatisfaction has been voiced on the approach the government is taking to “force” citizens to become vaccinated. Much skepticism has been circulating around the AstraZeneca vaccine which is being used in St. Kitts and Nevis since several major countries around the globe have banned this same vaccine from being used.
This new stance being taken by the government of St. Kitts and Nevis is an infringement on the rights of the citizens of the country and persons are questioning if such an act can be enforced.
Prime Minister Harris claims his actions are in the best interest of the people, but the people question his motives and intentions.
21,600 vaccines procured from the COVAX facility arrived on the island of St. Kitts at the RLB international airport at 2:00 p.m. yesterday, Wednesday, April 7.
Liz Myke
Reporter
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