The opposition St Lucia Labour Party has called for the Citizenship by Investment to be discontinued immediately. Forget net worth, the program is now of no worth. The words of Dr Ernest Hilaire as he railed against the changes to the CIP legislation by the Prime Minister. Dr Ernest Hilaire is the former Chairman of the CIP board under the SLP, says the program envisioned by the former SLP government has effectively been dismantled.
Dr Hilaire says the Prime Minister has turned St Lucia into a cheap island paradise. He says the move is cheapening St Lucia to a point where it is becoming offensive.
However he concedes that some of the amendments were needed.
Dr Hilaire alleges that the Prime Minister has totally ignored the legal requirement to provide a report on how much money is generated from