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Hilaire, Government Vehicle Saga Takes Another Turn
February 27, 2021
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THE Government of Saint Lucia has filed a defence and counterclaim in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in response to a claim by Opposition politician Ernest Hilaire over the controversial purchase of a Land Rover motor vehicle while he was High Commissioner for Saint Lucia in London.
Hilaire, who is now the parliamentary representative for Castries South in the House of Assembly, has named as defendants in the case, the acting Comptroller of Customs, Peter Chicot, and the Attorney General, as representative of the Government.
Dr. Ernest Hilaire
It is the latest development in the controversy surrounding the purchase of a Land Rover Discovery Sport vehicle in the name of the Saint Lucia High Commission in London in 2015, while Hilaire was the High Commissioner.
The United Workers Party issued a release reacting to social media posts made by an SLP political operative which the party describes as "nothing short of an attempt at d