Last Updated on October 3, 2019, 3:43 PM AST by Anthony Morris
St Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris lied to Washington-based Everton “Obi” Powell when he told him last May that the National Assembly Elections 2017, Bill which was before the lawmaking body was not aimed at disenfranchising Kittitians and Nevisians.
In the live interview in Maryland, USA and in the presence of scores of Kittitians and Nevisians, Dr Harris denied that the Bill is aimed at preventing nationals of St Kitts and Nevis who reside overseas from exercising their constitutional rights to register and vote in Federal Government or Nevis Island Administration elections.
“..I just want to bring an end to the notion that this is an effort by Team Unity to disqualify overseas (based) voters from voting,” Dr Harris told Everton “Obi” Elliott in the interview which was posted on his FaceBook page.
Responding to what Dr Harris told Elliott, St Kitts and Nevis’ Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Dr Denzil L Douglas in May described Harris as “being incapable of being truthful and deception has become part of his own personality and character.”
“It has nothing to do with St Paul’s people. It has nothing to do with people who are voting here, there and everywhere (as claimed by Dr Harris). It is very specific. It speaks to addressing the fact that the Team Unity Government of the day is uncomfortable with the number of our nationals who live overseas and who are properly, legally and duly registered to vote. and who have been on the voter register for years,” responded Dr Douglas during his weekly radio call in programme “Ask the Leader.”
During meetings in Miami and New York, Dr Harris placed the issue of a six months requirement on nationals who live overseas.
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