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THURSDAY,
APRIL 02, 2015
VOLUME 109, No.15
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Left: ‘Not me and this same-sex conversation’, says PM Gonsalves. Right: Senator Vynette Frederick has called for an open, frank and national conversation on the issue of same-sex relationships.
Stories by DAYLE DA SILVA OUTGOING PARLIAMENTARY Representative for East St George, Clayton Burgin, has asked the constituents to ensure that newcomer Camillo Gonsalves retains the seat with over 3,000 votes, in the upcoming general elections. Burgin, while speaking at the Unity Labour Party’s (ULP) 14th anniversary celebrations held at the Calliaqua Playing Field last Saturday, March 28, endorsed Gonsalves, who was officially nominated as the replacement for Burgin back in November 2014. “This is the man that I have chosen, and this is the man that the people of East St George have accepted to be the candidate for East St George in the next general elections,” Burgin said. Continued on Page 3.
Clayton Burgin out (left), Camillo Gonsalves in, East St. George for the ULP.
LEAVE ME OUT OF SAME-SEX TALK, WARNS PM IF OPPOSITION SENATOR Vynnette Frederick and the New Democratic Party (NDP) want to initiate a discussion on the issue of same-sex relationships, then they should go ahead and do so, but not drag the name of Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves into that conversation. That was Dr. Gonsalves’ response to Senator Frederick’s statement , during the NDP’s public forum dubbed ‘Conversation with Women’ held last week Monday, that her party had become aware that a conversation about issues relating to sexuality, needs to get going in St Vincent and the Grenadines. She further stated that she felt that she was the best placed person to have the conversation, based on the premise of a comment that Gonsalves made during the 2010 election campaign. Back then, it was alleged that Gonsalves stated during a public meeting, that Frederick’s father would be a very unfortunate fellow if he sent a daughter to study law and got back a son. But Dr. Gonsalves on Saturday night voiced strong concern that Frederick and the NDP wanted to start a conversation on such an issue, and that his name had been dragged into it. “If she wants to start a conversation, and the NDP wants to start a conversation on the subject of same-sex relationships, why is she pulling me in that?” the Prime Minister questioned. Continued on Page 3.