No economic Citizenship Programme for St. Vincent

By Kenton Chance KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Aug 5, CMC—Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says his administration remains opposed to an economic citizenship programme even as St. Lucia became the latest Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) country to express interest in the initiative.

“It is my view that economic citizenship is a superficially attractive option. To me, the downside outweighs whatever money you can collect, the downside being whatever problems you may have, dealing with due diligence.