IN SAINT LUCIA, PATRIOTISM IS THE LAST REFUGE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST SCOUNDREL; WILL HILAIRE BE INDICTED?

Ernest Hilaire

In the aftermath of the groundbreaking lawsuit filed against Saint Lucia Investment Minister ERNEST HILAIRE, asserting systemic fraud, gross malfeasance in office, and massive violations of the country's Citizenship by Investment (CIP) Program, the Minister immediately stooped to labeling his accuser, Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister, ALLEN CHASTANET, as unpatriotic, while failing to respond on the merits to any of the substantive allegations lodged against him in court filings. Hilaire has also consistently failed to answer his constituents' questions regarding proof of money laundering, corruption and fraud in the CIP Program, which he controls with a firm hand, and which reportedly is the source of major bribes and kickbacks paid to him by corrupt parties seeking favors or access.

The significant turnout at a public rally yesterday in Saint Lucia, of the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP), confirmed that, if an election was held today, Hilaire and his ruling Labour Party would be out of office, without a doubt, due to the exposure of criminal conduct at the CIU, including illegal discounting of passport sales, the diversion of a billion dollars in CBI government revenue to a Chinese-Controlled company, CARIBBEAN GALAXY, and allegations of massive bribes paid to Hilaire, the members of the CIU Board, and other senior Saint Lucia government officials.

The question on the minds of most professionals following the unfolding Saint Kitts/Saint Lucia CBI/CIP via CARIBBEAN GALAXY scandal is this: whether the U.S. Department of Justice will ultimately indict Hilaire SLC PM PHILIPPE JEAN PIERRE, and Saint Kitts PM TERRANCE DREW, as that trio has employed financial crime, on a grand scale, to support the increased political, economic and social influence of the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC) among the geopolitically strategic East Caribbean states. Which of these two great powers will end up the winner of this global chess game, and will Minister Hilaire's next destination be sitting in the dock in a Miami Federal courtroom?