{"id":50465,"date":"2011-12-09T08:09:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T12:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=50465"},"modified":"2011-12-09T08:09:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T12:09:23","slug":"caribbean-electorate-not-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/caribbean-electorate-not-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean electorate: Not for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39536\" title=\"commentary\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/commentary2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"139\" \/>General elections in St Lucia and Guyana on November 28 have raised serious questions about the financing of campaigns and the unfair use of state resources by governing political parties to gain an advantage over their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>In St Lucia, it is alleged that a significant portion of the United Workers Party (UWP) campaign funds came from Taiwan.\u00a0 The UWP was the ruling party at the time of the elections and the then leader of the Opposition and leader of the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP), Kenny Anthony, had engaged in a public row with the Taiwanese Ambassador over his blatant interference in the electoral politics of the island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbean360.com\/index.php\/opinion\/522512.html#axzz1g2ClSejv\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General elections in St Lucia and Guyana on November 28 have raised serious questions about the financing of campaigns and the unfair use of state resources by governing political parties to gain an advantage over their opponents. 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