Government of Saint Lucia

Government of Saint Lucia is a democratic parliament. Saint Lucia is an independent member of the British Commonwealth and therefore follows the parliamentary democracy having a republican head and a prime minister. The government was constituted under the constitution, which was framed in 1978. The British queen is the head of the state but is represented by a governor general. Saint Lucia government comprises of the House of the Assembly and the Senate. The House of the Assembly comprises of seventeen members, who are elected to serve for a period of five years. On the other hand the governor general appoints the eleven members, who constitute the Senate. The Prime Minister is leads the House of Assembly.

On March1, 1967, Saint Lucia adopted its national flag. The Saint Lucia flag is very simple. The outer part of the flag is rectangular and is blue colored. On it stands a triangle. The blue part represents the Caribbean Sea while the triangle symbolizes the Pitons or the two volcanic peaks.

The political system of Saint Lucia centers round the three parties. The Saint Lucia political parties are United Worker’s Party, the Appointed and the Saint Lucia Labour party. The United Worker’s Party dominated the Saint Lucia politics for a long time but after winning the election in 1997, the Saint Lucia Labour party has been effectively running the political system. Multiparty elections are held to bring a new government to power.

The party getting the majority of votes forms the government and the head of the party becomes the Prime minister according to the Saint Lucia constitution. Being an independent member of the British Commonwealth, government of Saint Lucia follows the style of the Westminster government.

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