CHASTANET DENIES POLITICIZING CRIME AMID RECORD HOMICIDE TALLY

Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet is rejecting claims that the United Workers Party is politicizing Saint Lucia’s ongoing crime crisis. As the country surpasses 40 homicides for the year, Chastanet insists the Saint Lucia Labour Party is using crime as a political shield, while calling the government’s anti-crime measures inadequate. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre says his administration remains focused on empowering the police and working with NGOs to tackle the root causes of violence.