ST. LUCIA-POLITICS-Opposition calls on St. Lucia government to state position on Syria

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) Tuesday called on the St. Lucia government to publicly indicate its position on the Syrian conflict saying that the island’s position should not be guided by recent statements by members of the Bolivarian Alliance of our People’s (ALBA).
The UWP said that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has been engaged in atrocities against its own people and it would be interesting to note the position of the Kenny Anthony administration given St. Lucia’s recent membership of ALBA.
“It is well established that the ALBA alliance is resolute in their support of Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad of Syria given the fact that Syria has observer status in ALBA,” the UWP said, noting that in February last year, ALBA issued a statement reiterating its “condemnation of the systematic policy of interference and destabilization in the brother Arab Republic of Syria….”