New party formed in St Lucia
Published:Friday | February 5, 2010 | 6:17 PM
A new political party has been formed in St Lucia.
The announcement comes one week after the Opposition Labour Party members picked former Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony to lead them into the next general elections.
The Lucian Peoples Movement (LPM) says it plans to give the St Lucian electorate a decent and credible alternative at the polls come the next general election, constitutionally due in December of 2011.
The party is spearheaded by the two recent resignees from the United Workers Party, Therold Prudent and Franklin McDonald.
A former University of the West Indies economics lecturer and professor at Medgar Evers College in New York, Dr S Julian Best, is the third co-chairperson.