{"id":1763,"date":"2024-08-17T21:23:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T01:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ireportstlucia.com\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2024-08-17T21:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T01:25:57","slug":"pierre-targets-opposition-calls-for-unity-amid-political-acrimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ireportstlucia.com\/?p=1763","title":{"rendered":"Pierre Targets Opposition, Calls for Unity Amid Political Acrimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre urged citizens to reject political divisiveness and embrace unity. Pierre warned that opportunists promote hatred and revenge, using political tribalism to fracture the nation. &#8220;Let us reject political divisiveness and acrimony,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;They will join hands and plot with anyone who plans to destroy our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His remarks targeted the Opposition, which has criticized the government over MSR Media&#8217;s lawsuit involving St Lucia&#8217;s CIP. The UWP questioned issues like alleged passport underselling and potential risks to banking and visa access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet clashed with Investment Minister Dr Ernest Hilaire over the CIP at a Chamber of Commerce event. Following the exchange, the UWP called for Hilaire&#8217;s resignation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We must always remember that our strength lies in our unity,&#8221; Pierre concluded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/stlucia.loopnews.com\/index.php\/content\/pm-pierre-condemns-political-acrimony-advocates-peace\">Loop St Lucia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Caribbean News World<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre urged citizens to reject political divisiveness and embrace unity. Pierre warned that opportunists promote hatred and revenge, using political tribalism to fracture the nation. &#8220;Let us reject political divisiveness and acrimony,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;They will join hands and plot with anyone who plans to destroy our country.&#8221; His remarks targeted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pierre Targets Opposition, Calls for Unity Amid Political Acrimony - iReportStLucia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ireportstlucia.com\/?p=1763\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pierre Targets Opposition, Calls for Unity Amid Political Acrimony - iReportStLucia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre urged citizens to reject political divisiveness and embrace unity. 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