The opposition will be “ramping up” its actions against the government.
Leader of the Opposition Ralph Gonsalves said that this is based on the actions of the New Democratic Party (NDP) administration, which came to office in November.
Among them, he listed the alleged firing of workers, land issues and the non-payment or delayed payment of salaries, wages and allowances for certain classes of workers.
Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party (ULP) was voted out of office after 25 years.
“The continued mess in the government is accelerating,” he said on Monday on his show on the ULP’s radio station, Star Radio.
The opposition leader said that a woman entered into an agreement under the ULP government to purchase land and had already paid some money in October 2025.
He said she was prevented from making any subsequent payments since the new government came into office.
The opposition leader said there was a contract, adding that he would be contacting former minister of lands under his government, Saboto Caesar, a lawyer.
“We have to get some of these things in the court. We have to take up positions against the government, and we have to ramp up the political pressure,” said Gonsalves, who was the only member of his party to win a seat in last November’s election.
“They doing nonsense, taking way poor people land, or at least they want to put them on pause and all the rest,” he continued.
Gonsalves said the government was late or did not pay different categories of workers.
“It took you over a month inside the Iran war before you can make an announcement in relation to what you going plan to do,” he said.
“We talking about the issues week after week, week after week, for months … Then after a month like they have no ideas of their own, they say they going to appoint a task force.”
The government has announced the formation of a task force, and Prime Minister Godwin Friday has declined to comment publicly on what his government might do, saying he did not want to pre-empt the task force’s suggestions.
The task force is slated to meet with the government on April 24.
“And there is little to no activity going on in the country,” Gonsalves said.
“What do we have now after four months, the firings, the land issues – they want to take away things, the late or nonpayment of workers, nothing is being done to deal with the price increases, nothing at all, nothing, nothing, nothing. Kick the can down the road and hope for the best,” he said.
