Tiny Opposition Protest Falls Flat as Agriculture Expo Steals the Spotlight

While the fields were blooming and the farmers were shining, the opposition out here wilting like old lettuce. Thursday’s so-called protest meant to “overshadow” the 30th Agriculture Open Day and Marine Expo ended up being more of a sideshow — a few stragglers with placards, trying hard to look like a movement.

The event at La Guerite drew hundreds of visitors, farmers, and vendors, proudly celebrating 30 years of agricultural innovation in St Kitts and Nevis. Meanwhile, down the road, a small handful of protestors — reportedly egged on by opposition figures — were trying to drum up outrage. But from the looks of it, even the goats grazing nearby had a bigger audience.

Word is, one PAM candidate even turned up trying to blend in, which raised eyebrows about the whole thing being less about “the farmers” and more about photo ops and politics. The People’s Labour Party didn’t hold back either, calling it what it was — a political stunt cooked up to distract from the government’s success in strengthening the agriculture and marine sector.

And it didn’t work. While they were busy waving signs, the farmers were busy showing off home-grown produce, aquaculture projects, and new tech in farming that could actually move the country forward.

Let’s be honest — you can’t fake a movement. You can rent a mic, print a slogan, even rehearse a chant, but when only a handful of people show up again, it starts to look like the opposition just talking to itself.

The contrast couldn’t have been clearer: on one side, real progress; on the other, a weak protest. The crowd made their choice — and it wasn’t hard to tell who had their hands in the soil and who just had their hands in the air.