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Pierre defends students’ Nomination Day cheers amid public debate

25 November 2025
This content originally appeared on St. Lucia Times.
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The sight of schoolchildren chanting for political candidates on their way to nomination centres last Friday has sparked a national debate over the role of minors in partisan politics.Under a video posted to Facebook of students standing outside the Ave Maria Girls School chanting ‘SLP! SLP!’ one parent stated, “I have been saying if my child was attending that school I would take the necessary actions. Yellow or red this is wrong!!