'Labour Day projects vulgarly partisan' - Pickersgill says tactics cripple political tolerance, transparency
Published: Wednesday | May 13, 2009
The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has called the Government's planned three major Labour Day projects "vulgarly partisan".
"The choices of the constituencies of Gregory Mair, Shahine Robinson and Michael Stern for these projects can only be with a view of improving the JLP's prospects in any upcoming by-elections," the PNP said in a statement from its Chairman Robert Pickersgill.
"The Opposition notes that this action is a continuation of a pattern started last year when West Portland was the venue for a major Labour Day project," he said.
Added Mr Pickersgill: "Such political tactics only serve to undermine the movement toward a more inclusive, tolerant and transparent political culture based on the building of partnerships rather than highlighting partisan divisions."
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