Politics
Barbados election update: 67 candidates to contest general election on Feb. 21
But an upbeat Lynch told reporters he’s confident of unseating the country’s prime minister.
“The people of St. Michael South have already made up their minds like most of the people of Barbados. We need to put an end to a failed government in this country and the people have spoken and they are going to speak loudly on February 21.”
In the northern riding of St. Peter, BLP leader and former prime minister Owen Arthur, accompanied by family, supporters and his party colleagues, filed his papers to contest his ninth general election.
He later told reporters he is ready for the poll and to represent the riding of St. Peter as well as Barbados.
“I’m confident not only in relation to my constituents in St. Peter but I am confident that this will be a victory for the Barbados Labor Party,” said Arthur, who in 2008 led the then ruling BLP into defeat.
Arthur said that the election is a serious undertaking and he pledged to give Barbadians a clear program on how his BLP intends to return the ailing economy to prosperity in its manifesto soon to be released.
“Our manifesto went through four drafts and we have been using our public meetings, our focused group meetings, our town hall meetings to bounce things off the people. It’s been a collaborative effort reflecting the whole cross section of the Barbados Labor Party family.
