It helped the country set up a national plan to counter violent extremism. The Secretariat gave training to commissioners and other staff working to prevent corruption in Saint Lucia. The focus was on leadership and management. The Secretariat advised Saint Lucia on trade in services, intellectual property rights and competition.
In April , the Secretariat provided a plan for economic reforms to make it easier for foreign firms to conduct business in Saint Lucia. Saint Lucia has an independent judiciary composed of district courts and a high court. The island is divided into 10 administrative divisions, including the capital, Castries. Popularly elected local governments in most towns and villages perform such tasks as regulation of sanitation and markets and maintenance of cemeteries and secondary roads. Saint Lucia has no army but maintains a coast guard and a paramilitary Special Services Unit within its police force.
Until , the UWP governed the country for all but three years since independence. John Compton was premier of Saint Lucia from until independence in February and remained prime minister until elections later that year.
A period of turbulence ensued, in which squabbling within the party led to several changes of prime minister. Pressure from the private sector and the unions forced the government to resign in New elections were then called and were won resoundingly by Compton's UWP, which took 14 of 17 seats.
The UWP was re-elected on 16 April , but with only nine of 17 seats. Seeking to increase his slim margin, Prime Minister Compton suspended parliament and called new elections on April In this election, however, the government increased its majority in parliament to 11 seats. In , Compton announced his resignation as prime minister in favour of his chosen successor Dr. Kenny Anthony succeeding businessman Julian Hunte. In elections of 3 December , the SLP won 14 of the 17 available seats.
The leader of the UWP, Dr. Morella Joseph, failed to win a seat. Marcus Nicholas served as leader of the parliamentary opposition. King served in this capacity until Compton passed away on 7 September He would also serve as prime minister from then in until his death in He served twice in the equivalent role as Governor-General of Saint Lucia from — and — The St Lucia Labour Party won the elections which were the first elections held following independence from the United Kingdom, declared on 22 February However, it was redesigned in when St Lucia became an independent nation.
Lucia became independent in Loop is better in the app. Customize your news feed, save articles for later, view your reading history and more. Click the links below to download the app for Android and IOS. Related Articles. Lucia News. More From. Sponsored Stories. The Ambassador and Embassy officers are resident in Barbados and frequently travel to St. Frank V. Oritz, Jr. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla , St. Lucia , and St. Vincent on September 1, The appointment was concurrent to his positions as Ambassador to Barbados and to Grenada.
Diplomatic relations were established on June 11, , when Ambassador Sally Angela Shelton presented her credentials.
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