DLP General Secretary, George Pilgrim (right), Member of Parliament for Christ Church East Central, Ronald Jones (left) and DLP Candidate for The City, Henderson Williams (second from left), at King Street, receiving a history lesson about the area by DLP supporter Henderson Mayers.
THE General Secretary of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), George Pilgrim, is sending a warning to the Opposition Barbados Labour Party that his party intends to camp out in The City, until it regains the seat.
According to Pilgrim, the constituency, which the DLP lost in the last General Elections, is in need of leadership. He admitted that there is much work to be done in The City, but assured constituents that DLP Candidate Henderson Williams, who was selected earlier this year, has reported for duty.
“Today, the Democratic Labour Party is serving notice on the Opposition Member of Parliament [Jeffrey Bostic] in The City, that there is a new guy on the block and his name is Henderson Williams, selected by the Democratic Labour Party to be the next Member of Parliament in The City,” Pilgrim said.
Pilgrim sent the strong warning as he spoke to members of the media, at King Street, yesterday, as Williams, accompanied by the Member of Parliament for Christ Church East Central, Ronald Jones, and the Member of Parliament for St. Michael West Central, James Paul, canvassed various areas of The City. It was at that location that Williams indicated that the City is a marginal constituency, which is also technically divided uptown and downtown. However, Williams said he has been constantly interacting with residents, getting to know their needs, while he has initiated a community social cohesion project, where dialogue has been started with churches and community practitioners, in The City, about working together to find urgent resolution to issues.
Williams said though he has not yet touched every area; he was currently making his presence felt in The City. “We are well assured that we are on course to take The City, in terms of, my taking The City is a function of all the residents of The City. They are fed up with persons coming and saying we are going to do this, then there is neglect for four years or whatever, and that has been some of the issues that they have been articulating to me. I have given my assurance, that this is not the type of politics that I have signed on to.
“People who know me from The City, know my personality and they know the type of individual that I am, and I believe that will carry us a way in relation to this particular seat,” Williams said.
Meanwhile, Jones said that while the DLP is always searching for good candidates, in his opinion, Williams has proven to be a superb candidate who was born and raised in The City, and as a result, is familiar with the constituency.
The Minister of Education declared that The City cannot be neglected any longer, since it is the country’s business hub. “We are looking to the residents of The City to strongly endorse, support and elect Henderson Williams as the next Member of Parliament for The City.
“We are serious about this, when we listen to the things he talks about and the various ideas that he has for the revitalisation, reinvigoration and renewability of The City – we are impressed.
“Some of those ideas will find their way into our manifesto because it means that we will go, full push on engineering and reengineering someof those issues,” Jones said. (AH)