00:00St. Lucia's ruling party has maintained its legislative majority in elections this week,
00:06meaning the country's prime minister is set to stay in power.
00:09The governing Labour Party won at least 13 out of 17 seats in the legislature's lower house.
00:16During the campaign, Prime Minister Philippe Pierre called for stable economic management,
00:21while the opposition made the island's citizenship by investment program a central issue,
00:26advocating for more transparency.
00:27St. Lucia has official diplomatic relations with Taiwan and Pierre has been a consistent advocate for those ties.
00:35With his party's re-election, relations between the two countries will likely remain stable.
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