Labour has not worked for Marriaqua, says NDP’s Jackson

WITH GENERAL ELECTIONS in St Vincent and the Grenadines less than one week away, New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for Marriaqua, Phillip Jackson, is adamant that the incumbent Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration is not working for the constituency.

Jackson made the declaration on Wednesday night, November 19, 2025 at a meeting of his party held in Riley, one of the several villages in the Marriaqua Valley.

“ We are the ones who employed them and we are the ones to fire them because they are not working for us.”

At the meeting Jackson also outlined his vision for the constituency.

“ My vision for Marriaqua is to ensure that there is a place for everybody, for every dream, for every ambition, for every talent, for every ability.

“This is the kind of Marriaqua that we need to recapture.”

He reminded those attending that “ there once was a time when Marriaqua was a very powerful, united community, where we looked out for one another, and where we stood up for one another”.

Jackson considers himself as “ the only person running in Marriaqua, who wants to be in the race, commenting that his political opponent “wishes that he could have been doing something else, but they told him that he has to come and play the motion and pretend”.

Jackson will be seeking to unseat the ULP’s St Clair ‘Jimmy’ Prince, the current Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment.

He called on the people of Marriaqua to be united because people are now living in serious times.

“People of Riley, we simply do not have time to be wasting with persons who are just going through the motion.

“Marriaqua needs someone who is committed to the task,” Jackson declared.

He charged that the constituency has been under the “rulership” of the ULP for over 20 years, but for that many years “ there is very little development to show”.

Commenting on the condition of the roads in the constituency, Jackson said “the evidence is clear” that the ULP is not working for the constituency.

If given the chance to represent the constituency, Jackson promised to ensure that the learning resource centres and community centres are put to use because there is a lot of work to be done.

“My vision is for a powerful, Marriaqua for all, the NDP hopeful stated, adding that his plans for the constituency fall “under the umbrella of ambition, common sense and empathy”.