Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre continues to deceive the people of Saint Lucia. He stood before the nation and claimed there would be no new taxes yet in reality, his government has quietly extended the 2.5% Health and Security Levy, a tax that was supposed to end this year.
Even more alarming, there is now a proposal circulating to increase VAT by another 2.5%, a move that Pierre failed to mention in his budget presentation.
Saint Lucians are being misled. A tax by any other name is still a tax. Don’t be fooled by fancy words and political spin. You deserve honesty, not half-truths and hidden burdens
Statement from Hon. Allen Chastanet on his CIP Judicial Review
The judicial action which I have taken against the Citizenship by Investment Unit, is not to stop the program, but to stop the blatant CORRUPTION. How can it be right that our citizenship which is legally priced at US$100,000 per person, was being undersold for as low as US$65,000? Why was US$1 BILLION worth of citizenships given to Galaxy to…
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