"Come July 8, we know you'll replace the New National Party in office.''
 
Those are the words of Claris Modeste-Curwen, Minister of Tourism and the New National Party candidate for St. Mark. 

 

Osborne James of the National Democratic Congress has been campaigning vigorously to unseat Modeste-Curwen in the general election scheduled for July 8.
 
Modeste-Curwen made the comment about voters replacing the NNP during a party event Sunday in Lasagesse, St. David.
 
The NDC also held an event on Sunday.  Two starkly contrasting visions of Grenada – one positive and the other riddled with desperate lies and attacks on opponents – were on display on what was the first weekend since the general election date was announced.
 
At a gospel concert of the National Democratic Congress in St. John, leader Tillman Thomas and other party officials appealed for peace in the nation and outlined some of the NDC's plans for alleviating the country's social and economic problems.
 
New National Party leader and Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, and at least two of his ministers, who spoke at a candidate's endorsement in Lasagesse, repeated what one observer described as "a dumb lie that no sane person would believe.''  The lie is that the NDC would legalize marijuana after winning the general election of July 8.
 
"This is laughable,'' one NDC official said.  "It's clear the NNP has conceded that the NDC will win and they are prepared to do and say the silliest of things to stop us.  But it won't work.''
 
The Prime Minister, when not joining other speakers in making derogatory remarks about the NDC leader, was quoting liberally from the Bible, and even displayed some humility.
 
Dr. Mitchell said he was not arrogant enough not to admit that he and his party had made mistakes in government.  He did not detail what those mistakes were.
 
Without saying exactly who had said it and when, the Prime Minister claimed that the NDC was planning to jail him if the National Democratic Congress is voted into power.
 
Education Minister Clarice Charles heaped scorn on the NDC's call for a campaign that would debate issues such as jobs and healthcare, which directly affect the lives of people.