St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre says he will make absolutely “no statements on the Richard Frederick issue” following calls and protest from members of the United Workers Party {UWP} among others. Housing, Local Government and Urban Renewal Minister Richard Frederick is the subject of a police probe into allegations of misconduct on the heels of numerous unverified photographs floating on various social media platforms. Frederick, for his part, also insisted that he will make no statements on the issue when he spoke on his televised talk show days before proceeding on leave, except to suggest that he was falsely accused. Prime Minister Pierre, who appeared sufficiently animated at the weekly government press briefing Monday, took time to address accusations that he was hiding from hard questions and hard decisions. The Richard Frederick saga continues as at least one UWP member, Sarah Flood Beaubrun, was photographed Monday in front of the government buildings on the Castries Waterfront in protest.