Denzil Douglas concedes St Kitts election

Denzil Douglas

In a day of high drama, St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas was voted out of office with his former minister Timothy Harris leading an opposition coalition to victory.

Harris led an alliance of three opposition parties to victory, denying Douglas a fifth consecutive term in power. The Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday that the result came on a day of confusion over the delay in the release of the preliminary results by the Director of Elections and in the backdrop of months of political manoeuvring over a motion of no-confidence that the opposition was trying to bring against the government.

The AP reported that Douglas conceded defeat late yesterday extending his congratulations to the Team Unity coalition led by Harris, a former minister in