St. Lucia Prime Minister, Phillip J. Pierre
The code was not yellow in St Lucia after the SLP received a landslide victory in Mondays general elections.
Some supporters of the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) have dubbed the country’s Prime Minister, Phillip J. Pierre, a code breaker.
J. Pierre lead the party successfully into a second consecutive term in office.
Preliminary results indicate that Mr Pierre is poised to secure 14 of the 17 parliamentary seats, while two independent candidates won their seats. The opposition United Workers Party was left with only one seat.
Prime Minister Pierre expressed gratitude to all voters, including the country’s civil servants, for their support.
He told national television that the Cabinet’s swearing-in will take place next week and reiterated that promises, such as back pay for workers, remain on the table.
In the 2021 general election, the St. Lucia Labour Party won 13 of the 17 seats.
The 2025 general election victory signifies that the “yellow is the code” mantra, which prevailed earlier this year in Trinidad and a few days ago in St. Vincent, did not succeed in St. Lucia.
The headline! Ha ha. Nobody thought Allen Chastanet would win..if anybody thought that then they are clearly delusional
Congratulations St. Lucia. And I’m confident this will be the trend in Antigua should elections be called anytime soon
I never had doubts. Congrats Sir!!!
Phillip J. Pierre really prove himself. Quiet leadership but clearly effective. The people spoke loud.
SLP winning 14 seats shows that the opposition has a lot of rebuilding to do. This wasn’t a close race at all.
nteresting to see St. Lucia break the ‘yellow wave’ pattern from Trinidad and St. Vincent. Caribbean politics not as predictable as people think
The new code is yellow…..NOT!!!! Perhaps for those yellow-bellies in Trinidad/ Tobago and St Vincent/ Grenadines.
RED is literally the lifeblood of our people, not yellow which symbolizes cowardice, or the colour blue which symbolizes sourness, mourning and ennui . Notice how the color blue is fast becoming the color of choice for funerals! Politicians like Golding, Chastanet and even Gonzalves to an extent are but smouldering embers of a dying past the days of color, wealth and privilege. Today, despite the massive efforts of their wannabe “offspring”, it is the scions of the thirty- niners who have now stepped up to fulfill the dreams and aspirations of that group/ movement.
St. Lucia is indeed our new beacon of hope! You have been truly blessed
The frowned at “trend” of voting results in this year’s general elections around the region, is largely due to the voters’ alignment with the policies executed or proposed, as opposed to the colour and politics mantras that have blinded and crippled our societies for generations. It also doesn’t help that the media likes to peddle the latter mentioned rhetoric, but then again, not everyone is actually paying attention to it. We keep peddling the ‘color code’ as if we’re stuck in the 19th or 20th century. Nobody’s buying it.
Kudos to the electorate.
The opposition will have to reassess its strategy after a defeat this decisive.
Independents winning two seats is something to watch. Maybe we’re seeing a shift toward community-based politics
Two terms back-to-back is no joke. The electorate don’t give that unless they feel real confidence.