Hon. Stephenson King, after holding the post of acting Prime Minister for the past several months, due to the sudden illness of Sir John Compton has been sworn in as St. Lucia's new Prime Minister. This is as a result of Sir John Compton succumbing to his illness on Friday 07, September 2007.

Hon. King was sworn in on Sunday 09, September after receiving support from the majority of the elected members of the United Workers Party. It is rumored that two members Hon. Marcus Nicholas and Hon. Rufus Bousquet guaranteed their support for the new Prime Minister only if certain stipulations were met on their behalf.

The new prime minister in an interview said that one of the things on his agenda is to make sure that his government provides the necessary Social Services particularly Health Services. Prime Minister King has indicated that arrangements have been made for the funeral service for Sir John to be held on September 22, 2007.

He also went on to say that he will be engaging with his ministers asking them to disclose and indicated their present situation and if their is anything which may affect the government or prevent them form conducting their duties to the country they will be asked to do the honorable thing.

All services of the current ministers of the United Workers Party ceased to exist when Sir John Compton passed away. The New Prime Minister indicated that he will be making an announcement on the structure of his new cabinet of ministers in the coming week.