During Tuesday’s Throne Speech, Her Excellency Dame Pearlette asked that the interests of Saint Lucians be represented and served.

At the Fifth Session of the Tenth Parliament of Saint Lucia held Tuesday, the Governor General, Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy reminded the honorable members of Parliament of their responsibility to the people of Saint Lucia.

“In the midst of Parliament’s business, we are always called to remember the purpose of this institution willed into existence by our forefathers. Honorable members are charged with the responsibility to ensure that Parliament is grounded in the wants and wishes of the people to whom they are answerable.”

Her Excellency also asked that the interests of Saint Lucians be represented and served.

“Parliament cannot exist removed from the reality of the hotel worker in Gros Islet, the farmer in Micoud, the factory worker in Vieux-Fort or the fisher in Canaries,” she said. “It is true that Parliament must provide leadership, even take our people where they fear to tread, but in all of this, we must be convinced that it is acting in the best interests of our people and of generations born and unborn, who are set to inherit what we have created.”

It is hoped that government will embrace 2015 with greater hope and optimism.

**photo by Bill Mortley**