St Lucia police intelligence found wanting

St. Lucia's police intelligence found wanting

By Rek Hanibal Published on May 08, 2021

The Parliament of Saint Lucia was surrounded with police tape, barricades, and armed SSU [Special Services Unit] officers, in battle gear and vehicles perhaps expecting some riot with civilians. As the parliament of Saint Lucia completed a choreography passage of motions and bills, e police state outside parliament expecting a planned mass crowd event witnessed the wasteful display of police resources for an entire day guarding themselves, fingering cell phones searching for enthusiasm.

St Lucia Police outside Parliament Tuesday, May 4, 2021It turned out that the large gathering were members of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) policing themselves, in full battle gear and back-up positioned throughout the city of Castries. All of this was based on 'Facebook intelligence' that expected a mass gathering outside parliament and expected to be in contravention of the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) (Prohibition of Assembly) Order.

Tuesday turned out to be a massive false flag that exposed a show of force and provided insights into police operations. This can also be seen as an exhibition on what to expect leading into the general elections. The prime minister usually refers to the RSLPF 'as my police'.Instead, a 'virtual banging of pots and pan event' could be heard all over the island. Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, in Parliament Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Saint Lucia is in an election year. However, the unpopular Allen Chastanet-led administration is attempting every conceivable means to delay the general elections.

According to Chastanet, on Tuesday, in defence of the extended State of Emergency (SOE) until October 16, beyond the 30 days extension to which election must be held, said: As of May 3, 2021, a total of 24 473 individuals have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 4, 982 individuals have received the second dose. Reportedly, there is widespread hesitancy and reluctance to get vaccinated. Saint Lucia requires approximately 110 000 fully vaccinated persons to quality as 'herd immunity to fully open the economy and its borders.

Meanwhile, the country cannot source and pay for vaccines [totally dependent on donated supplies]. The prime minister and the minister for tourism are talking ‘tourism ‘, 'Caribbean Bubble', cruise tourism and 'false hope'.MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.

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