Prime Minister’s 2025/2026 budget address – please read

Published on Apr 28, 2025  

Parliament has debated the Prime Minister’s Appropriation Bill 2025/2026 and tomorrow it will be the turn of the Saint Lucia Senate.

In his address, the Prime Minister made the following introductory comments.

“Nobody knows tomorrow’s challenges, no one in this honourable House, no citizen of this country. But I can stand here today with confidence and say that Saint Lucia is ready for whatever may come its way. 

What I do know with absolute certainty is that we have been able to pay our bills. We have been able to pay public servants’ salaries; given civil servants salary increases, back pay and bonuses included, improved the life of our pensioners and given our young people confidence through the Youth Economy, while creating, through the MSME programme, an environment for small entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. 

We are at a critical time in world history; never before has the world been in such discord and with so much uncertainty. What our country needs now is sound leadership, perseverance, and love for its people. Mr. Speaker, this is the leadership we have provided while putting people first.

Click here to read the Prime Minister’s Budget Address.