BASSETERRE, St Kitts — The speaker of the St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, Michael Perkins, has been accused of colluding with the government on Monday, in blocking a full debate of a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris.
After leader of the opposition, Dr Denzil Douglas, spoke for two hours in presenting the motion, the premier of Nevis, Mark Brantley, in concluding a 30-minute response, moved a motion to bring the debate to an end and put the resolution to a voice vote.
Despite objections by Douglas and pleas from the other opposition parliamentarians that they be allowed to speak on the motion, Perkins declared after a voice vote that “the No’s have it and the resolution has failed”.
