Prime Minister Allen Chastanet addressed the nation on Sunday night ahead of general elections on Monday, asserting that the choice facing the electorate is whether to go backward or forward, as he described the vote as the most important since independence. “You cannot afford to stay home,” he declared, adding that voters would be signing a contract for this country’s future. Chastanet pointed to his administration’s achievements in office in areas including health care, the economy, the creation of jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, spending on education, measures to facilitate the backlog of cases in the justice system and investment to
