Bring it on! National debate no problem for United Progressive Party

The United Progressive Party is ready to hash out any of the issues affecting the country on a national debate.

Speaking to the media on Thursday morning after paying in her $250 deposit to contest the May 24 poll, United Progressive Party leader Lynette Eastmond made it clear that her organization was ready take on all comers, but there had been some reluctance shown by other parties to engage in such a dialogue.

In fact, she outlined that many entities including the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and the Barbados Employers’ Confederation had pushed the idea of having a debate amongst the leaders of the party, but various party leaders had turned down such a proposal.

“The United Progressive Party has made it clear that we are ready for any debate on any topic whatsoever and essentially they have come back to us to say that one party or the other was not in favour. So we are ready to debate anybody, because we are confident about our policies.
We have researched them and know them well and we know that we have the solution to all of the issues, which Barbados now confronts. So we are ready to take on anybody in a debate,” she said.

Surrounded by her candidates at the National Housing Corporation where the Treasury Department is temporarily located, Eastmond told the gathered media, “For some reason those who claim to be most ready and most competent seem to be afraid to debate us.” (JMB)