Journalist and political activist Lennox Linton has raised concerns about the involvement of member of the Electoral Commission Alick Lawrence in the election petition matter involving Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt and Education Minister Petter St Jean.
Linton was speaking at a special meeting of the Citizen’s Forum for Good Governance Thursday evening to mark International Day of Democracy when he raised the question of Lawrence’s involvement in the matter.
“The [General] Elections were conducted y the Electoral Commission. Alick Lawrence is a member of the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission is asked by the constitution to be independent in the exercise of its functions. And yet, when Skerritt comes before the court, Alick Lawrence finds no better place to be than to be sitting at the bar table behind Tony Astaphan, helping him, passing notes, holding his hand, holding his papers, supporting Skerritt in a situation where the court wants to decide, objectively, whether Mr. Skerritt was validly elected to the parliament,” Linton said.
He continued, “You know Alick Lawrence knows he is wrong? You know Tony Astaphan knows that Alick is wrong to do what he is doing? Why do I know he is wrong? When the court opens, the lawyers representing the petitioners are required to say who they are, the lawyers representing the respondents are required to say who they are [and] at no point has Tony Astaphan’s side ever acknowledged to the court that Alick Lawrence is part of their team. But every time he turns around in the court and every time he tells the judge he wants to confer with his legal team, the first man he goes to is Alick Lawrence.”
According to Linton, Astaphan said that he is pleased to have the advice of one of the best lawyers in Dominica and that Lawrence is free to give him advice at anytime.
“I’m saying, Alick can give you advice, but Alick cannot be giving you advice in this case when he is a member of the Electoral Commission responsible for the election in which Mr. Skerritt was challenged,” Linton concluded.
Lawrence has not spoken to the press during the hearing of the trial over the past two weeks. Linton also said that a letter has been sent from an attorney requesting that the President remove Lawrence from the Electoral Commission.
The matter has been adjourned until September 29 when Felix Prosper, one of the witnesses for the petitioners in the St Jean matter, is expected to give testimony.
I wonder whether Lennox ever goes to diner with Tony. I wonder whether they are not laughing at Dominicans late at nights…. How about Ron, does he go out with Alick? Remember politics is a game; it is a mirage… an image that blindfolds people into looking at issues rather than looking at their situations. Can you imagine if everyone began to look at their situation(s)? We may end up with … Politics is a necessary game to keep the people in a state of suspended animation. The country is small, the places to hang-out are limited, and they all frequent the same places……. Let us take care or the country for the sake of our children.
when this dual citizen BS is resoleved will the members of the diaspora be willing to renounce their prized possession their US citizenry just to run for office or are they going to aggitate for a constitutional amaendment.Ron foolishly renounced his US ties now he is regretting that move and is seriously reconsidering applying for a green card.I as a dual citizen will never renounce my US ties,because this is a joke I as a dual citizen can elect but I cant be elected come to your senses Dominicans these people are taking you all for a ride
Doh worry.When dem dual Chinese citizens start
running for election we go see.Petty nationalism and racism mashing us up.How many of us have some brother,mother,sister or auntie
who is dual?we are world citizens,one race,the human race.Tjouk yourself with a pin is same red blood.Let us move forward humans.Construction not destruction.
hmmmmm alick i hope u remember who felix (moses) prosper of laplaine is and his history…look in ur files…d opposition desperate like a flies….
Our forefathers wrote this constitution to protect the children from acts of treason.
To prevent other nations using their agents to exploit our resources (quarries, geothermal, fisheries, water, forest, +il, natural gas and other minerals) within our territorial land and waters… to their benefit.
This is why there needs to be a neutral judiciary,electoral commission, president, speaker of the house and police commissioner.
“Our forefathers wrote this constitution to protect”…. what rubbish, inform yourself before u write
You all can call me whatever name you want. You can curse me up, call me fool, call me ignorant, whatever. To the UWP, this is not about right or wrong. This is not about democracy. This is about labour.
I am not a labourite and I am not a workers or a freedomite. I am a Dominican, that’s right, a Dominican and I am watching these politicians destroying us, destroying our unity, pitting us against each other and calling it a fight for democracy. All persons who are not poto politics can see that. Keep calling me stupid. Divided we fall.
It is time for us to come out from under this. Life goes on and on and on and Dominica stays right where it is because we are trapped in the politics.
Elections are in three years, people. Should we be looking forward or backward?
I THINK THIS IS A NIGHTMARE WHEN IS THIS
GOING TO END. JEALOUSY, HATRED AND GREED IS
KILLING THIS COUNTRY. PEOPLE ITS TIME TO WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE. YOU ALL ARE NOT
DOING ANY THING BETTER TO HELP THE COUNTRY,
JUST FIGHTING FOR YOUR POCKETS. ALL OF YOU
ALL ARE POWER HUNGRY PEOPLE DON’T DO IT AND
LET ME DO IT.
Lennox god alone can wash u of your sins,not Skerritt,Lawrance and Tony. When was the last time u pray? Stop hating! start loving!
in alick or skerrit shoes
Dominicans, if you know how to pray; please pray because things have gotton out of hand and its only prayer that changes all all things . Thanks
Relect on some things that have happened before. Is it coincidence that the same two lawyers are in Co? Was an e-mail sent to Skerritt and copied to Alick Lawrence who is a member of the Electoral Commission? Who sent that e-mail? At least no one has refuted the revelations that an e-mail was sent.
Did the email claim that what some members of that Commission was thinking of was madness? What was that madness that the writer of the email was referring to? The Independent Commission was proposing for Electoral Reforms to be implemented to enhance our electoral process and to ensure elections are FREE and FAIR. The Commission requested financial help from Skerritt and his DLP Govt. to provide Voter ID cards and to CLEAN UP the unclean, bloated Voters’ list, which up till now has many dead persons’ names and names of many others not legible to vote.
Why would a Govt. delay in helping the Commission to clean a voters’ list that is not clean?
About 7 years have passed, No positive response. The Electoral Commission has been ridiculed and treated with utter contempt. Why would Govt. delay in providing the money to the independent Commission for doing something which would make our elections more FREE and Fair?
To add insult to injury, it is again Alick Lawrence who is confusing his role as a member of the Electoral Commission, with that of his political partisanship in the case in the court regarding the dual citizenship of Skerritt and St. Jean and their legitimacy as parliamentarians.
What is Alick Lawrence doing in the court on the side of the culprits or seeming to assist the culprits legal Team against the Constitution. It is unbelievable. Is Alick Lawrence part of the legal team for those accused? Do not tell me that Alick lawrence is right to be against the interest of the very same Electoral Commission that he is a member of.
The interest of that Commission is to uphold the Constitution and the electoral Laws of Dominica and to ensure that no one flaunts those Laws. So if Skerritt and St. Jean are before the courts for doing something wrong against the legal guidelines of the Electoral Commission, Why is Alick Lawrence not on the side of the Commission? Should a person behaving so irresponsibly, continue to be on the Commission? What hypocrisy. what a shame. What a travesty of justice. What are the implicationbs for such callous behaviour?
Look at the situation carefully. Reflect on what Dominica is faced with. Will elections be ever FREE and Fair in the future with such persons on the Commission? Your guess is as good as mine. Alick lawrence, you are wrong, wrong, wrong. NO LAw, NO CONSTITUTION could prevent you too from doing what you want, when you want and where you want. How many more among us behave like they are above the Constituion and Laws of Dominica? WHO gave them that authority? They just took it upon themselves? Shame.
Your comment is on point and Mr Lawrence should not be advising Mr Astaphan because he is on the commission which is trying to fix the voting issue in Dominica. Mr Lawrence should resign from the commission because he cannot be independent. The issue before the court is to detremine if Mr Skerritt is eligable to be PM if he is not a citizen. If Mr Lawrence is such a good lawyer he must understand the conflict of interest he is creating. Which law school Mr Lawrence went to because I sure he took conflict of interest in Law School. ( Love from NY)
I DONT LIKE LINTON NAH & I DONT THINK I WILL NEVER LIKE HIME NAH!!!
MOUTH PISSE LENNOX MAN WELL DONE..KEEP TALKING BRO MAYBE JUST MAYBE YOU MIGHT GET THERE. 2026
lennox i applaud you but one thing is for sure ma man,you will be on the sidelines for a very long time..no fault of anyone it’s reality.keep the fight going boss but alas alas.
THANK GOD FOR LENNOX
FOR BEING A BEACON IN THE DARKNESS THAT THREATENS THIS NATION.
THANK GOD FOR LENNOX
FOR BEING A CHAMPION OF VIRTUE AND ETHICS AND MORAL, AND JUSTICE
THANK GOD FOR LENNOX
FOR FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PROPHETS LIKE JEEREMIAH, AMOS, AND ISAIH.
THEY SPOKE WHEN THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO. THEY REFUSED TO CONFORM TO THE EVILS OF THEIR DAY.
THEY CHALLENGED AND CHASTISED THE LEADERS AND TEMPLE PRIESTS OF THEIR TIME.
THEY REFUSED TO GIVE IN THE EVIL.
THEY WOULD NOT RELENT
WHAT ELSE YOU EXPECT LENNOX TO DO. THAT IS HIS BIGGEST JOB.HE FEELING GOOD BECAUSE HE CAN FOOL EDDO AND RON. HE IS AN INGRATE, FOR HE FORGET WHAT THE PM DID FOR HIM. GOD HATES AN INGRATE(LENNOX) AND BLESSES A PERSON WITH A KIND HEART(SKERRO)THAT IS WHY THE TWO WILL ALWAYS BE POLES APART. ONE SERVING THE POOR AND NEEDY THE OTHER SERVING THE VEX AND GREEDY. (MY HALF PENNY)
you wont be teaching my child for sure!
right is right wrond is wrong so you can give me the world if i am a mwn of justice and good standards i should not turn a blind eye when you keep doing bag and wrong things because you once gave me whatevee.
if lennox linton knew anything about media he would be keeping his mouth shut.Cause as being in the media you have to be open and keep certain opinions to yoursekf.cause it may just come back and bite you in your butt.He is to vocal, and he must know the listners are not only dominicans it go all over.they are hurting the name of the country and who we are not the PM.he has to be careful. what if the radio statio go bankrupt who will hire him? he talks too much pala pala pala. oneday he will say the wrong thing with wrong infor and get iun trouble he has alot of time on his hand.
And the bible says:
Exodus 23: 27 “Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.”
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Zephaniah 3:5
“The Lord within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.”
Ecclesiastes 5:8
“If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them”
Lamentations 3:34-36
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High, to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve.”
Psalm 82:2
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Exodus 23:1-3
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Who do you people serve? Surly not the word of God!! Surly! That goes to the priests and the pastors to! You will have your day of judgement before the lord for leading his people astray!
hitler used the same bible you quoting now to kill countless jews, you people are the worst man
alot of us Dominicans need to burn in hell. We to hypocrite. i dislike politicians they are all a bunch of liars and thieves yet still we blindly follow them in leading the country down the drain. where was lennox linton when ron green was using his us passport yes he may have gotten it as a child but he used his passport. soooooo please tell me what makes him so ethical and morally responsible to take petter st. jean to court for doing the same thing that he did. dominicans stop wasting precious time with politicians and thoe labourites on the bayfront everytime the case is going on please go find some work to do. stop wating productive hours.
What is the issue at hand? The issue is whether a member of the Electoral Commission should be on the side of the culprits , whether they are his friends or political colleagues, who lied on the nomination form about their dual citizenship status.
If the action done was against the Constitution and Electoral Laws, shouldn’t that member of the Commission be on the side of the Electoral Commission whose mandate is to ensure that the Laws are respected at all times?
Alick Lawrence could not be doing the right thing by being in the court, in that case, giving any assistance to the legal team or being a part of the legal team, officially or unofficially. Alick cannot be correct.
All right-thinking, Law-abidding Dominicans, who love the country and believe that the supreme law of the land, the constituion, should be obeyed at all times, must denounce Alick’s behaviour. He has flatly abandoned his role as one whose interest should be to protect our Constitution against those who are bent on disobeying the law and being in parliament illegitimately as a result.
When such a thing happens, when Alick Lawrence, member of the Electoral Commission, behaves like that in that court matter, is there any guarantee that future elections will be FREE and Fair? With the apparent stalling of electoral reforms, by we know whom, can our elections be FREE and Fair in Dominica anymore?
So the Constitution no longer matters? Dominica is a lawless State then? Is so Dominica come? Have Dominicans lost their reason? There are numerous examples where the laws of the land are being thrown out of the window and some continue to do as they wish. But time will tell. No lie or deceit could live forever.
I am really getting sick about the stupidity of the dominican people. No need to write doiminica with a capital d any more. Alick lawrence because of the position he holds has no business being involved in this court matter.
Lennox, i know you are fighting hard for your country but you do not have the support you need. Some other country where there are intelligent people would be happy to have you.If you were not doing what you are doing, trust me ,it would be worse. Skerrit and his crew would do much more.I just do not understand how a people could be so blind.
THEY ALWAY SAID PEOPLE THAT YOU HELPED THEY
ARE THE ONE THAT WILL DESTROY YOU. LINTON
WHEN YOU WERE IN TROUBLE SKERRIT WAS THE ONE
YOU CALLED FOR HELP JUST LIKE JUDAS. YOU
ALL ARE VERY FORGETFUL TIME WILL TELL. HE
WAS THE BROTHER WHO TOOK YOU OUT OF THE FIRE
AND TODAY YOU ARE THE ON THAT TO BURN HIM
NONESENSE!
LINTON APPEAL TO SKERRIT IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE HOLDER OF THE OF ‘CARICOM CHAIRMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE’
OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
SAME WAY SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A CURROPT JUDGE FOR RECOURSE IF HE IS THE ONLY JUDGE AROUND.
SO SKERRIT DID NOT GIVE LENNOX NO PATAT PERSONAL FAVOUR.
IF IT WERE RALFE GONZALSE WHO HELD THE POSITION AT THE TIME LENNOX WOUL HAVE GONE TO GONZALSE INSTEAD.
SO SKERRIT WAS DOING HIS DUTY AS HE WAS CHARGED TO DO… AND I SUSPECT HE DID IT GRUDGINGLY
Does it mean because you help someone you should allow him to do anything and not say when he is wrong?
He that covereth his sin shall not prosper.
Their days are numbered.
The things that have been hidden will soon be brought to light.
linton go to hell u are jealous of a man just like u , but dont u all knows that god answer prayers and no matter what u and your stupid BLUES says , to bring down our P M god is there to protect him, cause he is doing , for our country, so go to hell
Again go to hell
I f lennox love DA so much why isn’t he contesting in the general elections to make a change. If he knows it all who wrong who right so come on go up for election so we can have a trust worthy honest PM or pal rep. you love da so instead of being on the side line be a member.
The word of the Lord!!
Leviticus 19:15 says: “Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.” and Isaiah 61:8 reads “For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity. In my faithfulness I will reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them.” And read well what Matthew 23:23 tells us, “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices-mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law-justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former’
Lord have mercy on Dominica, Christ have mercy on Dominica. Shield the next generation from this darkness that engulfs the nation! Guide them oh Lord! So that they do not adopt the evil ways of the generation before them. Cleanse the land in preparation for them.
I expected just that from you people, hands down the word of God, because apparently it is not your guide.. You guide is the evil works of those you follow like bind sheep. I pray that you see the light some da soon. Righteousness exalts a nation!! Get away from that evil spell that controls Dominica.. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy!
It’s always good to know there is a watch dog keeping the nation informed as to what’s going on around us good or bad, however there is something about those who are fighting for so call justice, it does not sit well with me. God forbid thay get in power i sence a lot of victimization and revenge, folks it’s to late in the day for all of this pushing and pulling. The world is watching there are people who wants to come in , but this constance in house fighting has to stop, no one can remove that dark cloud that’s hanging over us.Most of all the return of christ is closer than we think let remove all this darkness from our hearts. believe me our vision will be brighter.
I am my brothers keeper! and I will not spare in the day of retribution! the good Shepard must cull the flock and rid the linage of the bad seed!! judgement is at hand!
Don Christopher who was appointed to the Electoral Commission by the UWP disassociated himself from an Electoral Office press statement to the media after the election that did not acknowledge that there was any bribery or bringing overseas voters to vote.
Don Christopher Filed a Lawsuit Against PM Skerrit contending that the government of Dominica, the cabinet and Mr. Skerrit in person contravened the Dominica Constitution.
He also told Lennox Linton on his show “that there must be a contest for the Laplaine seat because Peter St.Jean was a Senator and he continued to be a parliamentary secretary and he was disqualified from being a candidate.”
Don Christopher spoke at UWP’s Day Against Corruption Rally outsie the Financial Center on December 2010. He said, “I will not stand idly by and watch democracy flounder in Dominica and pledged to do whatever it takes to resist Dominica becoming a police and totalitarian state”.
I would like to ask Mr.Linton, was Don Christopher being independent? As he said The Electoral Commission is asked by the constitution to be independent.
ALLU TIME COMING! FEAR NOT!! THE DEVIL IS COMING TO COLLECT!
It is painfully obvious that you are irrational. Your analogy is totally disconnected. Based on your blog I see no connection to the issue at hand.However someone need to remind you that two wrongs don’t make anything right.
Stop making silly excuses and be honest with yourself.
“Two wrongs don’t make a right”.. thats the cry of the UWP when ever their double standards are exposed. IT IS OK FOR RON GREEN TO BE A US CITIZEN AND SERVE IN PARLIAMENT. AND FOR DON CHRISTOPHER UWP REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ELECTORAL COMMISION TO OPENLY DISPLAY HIS ANTI DLP POSITION IN THE COURTS AND ON THE POLITICAL PLATFORM.. HOW INDEPENDENT CAN THIS BE? PERHAPS MR. LINTON CAN TELL US
Boy lennox Linton is taking on every single person and professional on the island. To be honest, Alick is not obligated to not represent his client. In his resume it clearly states that he reperesents the Dominican government. Or so it did the last time I read it. On the other hand, that’s a conflict of interest if he is with commission. But! If he believes he can remain neutral, as long as his decisions are not blinded and biased then he can continue to represent his client. Mr Lawrence is arguably the best lawyer in Dominica, I think he has thought long and hard before his actions. I understand that it is a conflict of interest but it is his job, and it is his client long before this case. lennox has to prove that mr lawrence’s influence on the commission is flawed. He should have asked for Alick to be off the commission years ago, since alick started representing the government. Not just now. But I do get that he should try not being involved
Alick can represent the Government on some cases not this one. He is a member of the Electoral Commission and the case is soley related to the Electoral Commission when Skerrit broke the law of having dual citizenship and was nominated. For example If you commit a crime and your rival (counboss) is the judge what penalty do you expect to get. Isn’t that conflict of interest? Well this is the position Alick Lawrence holds in the case. He is not representing the Government, Tony Astaphan and Ms Felix is representing the Government in this case. Alick knows it is not right this is why he is sitting at the back on Tony in court passing little pieces of paper to Tony trying to help him technically. Good observation Lennox. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing as a patriotic citizen of Dominica.
Is mr lawrence the judge? No. He has no final decision on this outcome. Totally different.
Conflict of interest? And you are correct. So in the interest of expeditious good judgement, he must recuse himself from the case. He can’t be speaking from both sides of his mouth.
Furthermore, with this artilce of DNO in march, https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/all-news/politics/green-demands-resignation-of-alick-lawrence-from-electoral-commission/
one would be hard pressed to not believe that the UWP wouldn’t be on the “conflict of interest” band wagon if such were really the case!
And if it si true that Mr Lawrence is assiting the respondent, it could be possible that these matters may have been addressed and no conflict of interest determined. I for one cannot foresee the UWP sitting back and allowing htis to happen without voicing thier concerns to the judge.
We sometimes need to look and think outside the box!
u never hear curiousity killed the kyat!!!! roll your tounge like the slippery snake that you all are…..it will be cut off while allu watching…..
Okay, let’s supposed that what Lennox is saying is true… why is it that the counsel for the plaintiffs have not raised the issue of prejudice?
I’d think that the lawyers for EDO, Ron and the likes would be highly aware of this issue.
Then again… in due time, they’ll come out crying foul.
However, in the real world, one would be prone to believe that seasoned and learned cousnel and judges that they are, they would be aware of the conflict or interest, if any, that may arise out of this and follow due process to ensure that idea of justice and equality be preserved in the courtroom.
Afteral, to assume that the learned counsel and judges are blind to the man’s presence or the fact that he is “allegedly” assisting the respondent, thus creating a conflict of interest – makes an A.. of everyone.
Good question however after the first day of court proceedings Tony commended the counsel for the plaintiff when he noted that the honorable counsel did not comment on Alick’s presence to score political point. Note Tony did not mention Alick’s name but clearly Tony was refering to Alick. But that is not the issue – the question is do you think that what is happening is ethical?
That would require the judge to make a ruling on a matter that is not before her, the judge is not to decide the ethical rules for the country, just the matter before her, so thats why the president is brought into the matter to decide whether or not it is ethical for Mr. Lawrence to be representing one side or another in this matter.However, let us understand, that in a lawless country, ethics do not matter.
@wikileaks, look sin et al, I understand you all very well, people are now really jealous of sin, so when you say people are jealous of all the dishonest ones that are at the fore of this administration, you may be right. Trying to bring a sense of sanity to this political environment at the end of the day is reduced to just jealousy. Just as people might be jealous of those of you with no jobs that are owning huge houses. FIU gone after a few, but they are scared to do the rest…..you see how this world has now gotten.
This country really needs Jesus….
After reading through some of the comments I realize that truly there is no fix for the things that are terribly wrong in Dominica. The principal problem is the attitude and mentality of our people. At this juncture it seems logical to conclude that if Jesus Christ said that Alick’s position in the matter is unethical that Jesus would be chastised by the likes of screen characters like WIKILEAK. We all know that Lennox has his own partisan agenda but so is Tony Astaphan apart from being legal representative. In countries where people are more open minded, intellectually sound and calculating (1) People would look past party politics and Lennox’s parade and truly question the ethics in the matter , (2) Alick Lawrence and Tony would dare not go down the road that they now travel.
How can we look our children in the eye and ask them to be honest, tell the truth and ask them to strive for honor and integrity and at the same time we are willfully discarding the same values and cheering on men and women who blatantly lie , cheat and deceive unsuspecting people and even those who by fear of victimization must abide. I’d like to challenge people WIKILEAKS and other party apologist to take a stance in the name of integrity and condemn the things that are truly wrong.
In this particular matter (Alick Lawrence unethical behavior) you cannot play the evidence card so you choose to blame Lennox; a sign of weakness and subterfuge. Lennox is not the only person who observe the unethical behavior on the part of Tony and Alick; interestingly however Alick nor Tony are Labor Party candidates- the issue is about ethics and not primarily party politics. Please be honest with your selves cause Dominica need people who can make sound and informative decisions.
What a disgrace for someone who ought to have known better..But then i am not surprised he is part of the moral, institutional decay in this failed and corrup country.. THANKS MR LINTON. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HELL AS A CORRUPT COUNTRY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YOU AND THE OTHER PATRIOTS
WELL MR LINTON I HAVE NOT HEARD YOU ON THE ISSUE OF EARL WILLIAMS,PETER CARBON,RON GREEN ON HAVING DUAL CITIZENSHIP. RON ONLY RELEASE HIS DUAL CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS ABOUT TO LOOSE THE ELECTION, AS A US CITIZEN FOR 20YRRS HE WAS ONE WHO HOSTED THE ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR THE PEACE CORPS.
HON EDDISSON JAME WHEN ASK IN COURT IF HE KNEW ABOUT RON GREEN’S DUAL CITIZENSHIP HE SAID YES, HOWEVER HE CONSIDER RON AS A DOMINICAN. SO I SAY TO YOU LENNOX WHAT EVER THE CASE MAYBE WE CONSIDER OUR BELOVED PM AS A TRUE AN HONEST DOMINICAN, AND IF YOU DO NOT LIKE MY ANSWER WELL GO TO COURT
why must i fear when the GOD THAT I SERVE IS ONE WHO JUDGES AND DOES IT RIGHT?
If we are indeed a GOD fearing nation and do read the bible we will know what the outcome will be. Judge Thom is just a human made of flesh, she rule the court over which GOD have set her but her judgement will be swift from God and we know all shall see and know that GOD is just.we must asked will she stand to defend the truth which, no man can kill.
JAIL THEM FAIR PLAY, IF IT WAS ME THEY WOULD TRHOW ME IN JAIL AND FLUSH THEY KEY.
WRONG IS WRONG
@…..
not because Lennox is gifted to bring out the stench, we should give him all the responsiblity to save Waitikubuli.
This is a task for all of us. Therefore we are patiently awaiting your views on the way forward.
THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. OR MAYBE IT COULD HAVE BEEN LENNOX BUSINESS TO PRODUCE SUCH PLANS IF YOUR HAD DONE THE AMOUNT OF WORK HE IS DOING TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY.
LET’S DO THIS BUILDING THING TOGETHER.
WE AWAIT YOUR PROPOSALS
THANKS
Let us throw out a challenge to Lawrence.
..share your time with both parties in court…a week for you and a week for me…you know like when a child’s sharing something with another child and trying to be fair.
As a member of the electoral committee, until his behaviour appears to be HONOURABLE, his place in court is illegal and he should be charged.
This manifests blatant high handness on the part of those respondents.
The power they yeild is showing off their unconstitutionality over and over again.
They are always taking what is not theirs.
Lennox thanks for sharing your observation. As usual, your thinking process is a challenge to the wicked. Expect them to roar and know good must conquer evil….
Someone tell me in what way is the Electoral Commission involved in this matter? Did the Electoral Commission take the Pm to court or did the Commission take the UWP to court? Course not, so will some one tell me of the conflict of interest.
Was Lennox Lawrence representing the Commission and if so in which matter? Was Lawrence there as a private person? Does Lawrence seek permission to go to the court because he is a member of the Commission, and does his legal practice ceases to exist because he is a member of the Commission?
The question is how and who made the Electoral Commission party to the proceedings presently going on at the court?
Until and unless there is a Constitutional amendment sometime in the future, the Commission has no authority to ask to see document, that is private docs, so the High Court will continue to be the institution asking for docs.
That is all to do about nothing by Lennox Linton, as is usual he tries to convince his UWP friends only to be proven wrong at the courts. The UWP records at the courts are there for all to see.
Read over the article.. Dont comment unless you understand what you read or what the person is saying.
Caribbean Genius, if you were to ask I would be the first to admit that me best subjects at college was RECESS and ABSENCE. I was a straight A student in those subject, hence my reason for not being able to understand what I read.
Now that you know my qualifications, and you can understand so well, will you answer the few simple questions that I asked, if you can’t then its better you shot the hell off, or maybe you silently tell DNO readers who and what you really are.
You make no sense.. I told you read over the article and instead you read my comment…
Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!!After reading the comments of the Pro Skerrit people on this forum, one has to wonder about Dominica, people this is serious business, most of the comments say in a nutshell EVEN IF IT IS WRONG, we will accpet it because we love Skerrit, Lennox if jeaclous of him and his cabal, Skerrit id doing things for the poor blah, blah blah. Where has honest, moraity the sense of right from wrong and good vs evil in Dominica gone? What happened to Dominica?
Is that the same Dominica in which I grew up that when a child dis something wrong anybody in the village could gie you a whooping and by the time you got home, your parents already knew and you got another one? Is it the same Dominica where children were punihsed for telling lies and stealing, and if your teacher caught you cheating on a test in school, you get an F? Is it that same Dominica?
Whn and how we become so accomodatng and in support of cheating, lying, stealing and all kinds of unethical behaviors? What happened to us? Is the devil living among us now? Have we lost oure souls and we can no longer reject what is wrong, unethical and unjust? Are we now truning the concept of right and wrong backwards and making wrong right and right wrong?
We need a few more Lennox Lintons in Dominica. We badly need them. I read from one of the posters that Lennox cannot be compared with the Alick Lawrences and the likes of Dominica, I agree, he is way, way superior to them. I will take half of Lennox instead of 20 of the Alickes, Dominians, these people arebad news for Dominica. They are the reason that Dominica hs descened into this pathetic state of decadence.. Lord have mercy of the people of Dominica, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy!
Rule of Law this is the same Dominica. But you cannot select who you want to correct. You can let the kid on the other block (Ron Green/ Peter Carbon) walk naked on the street and then go to the other block and say (Skerrit and St Jean) and say they can’t walk naked.
So stop with your hypocritical nonsense. Shut up.
We need a few more Lennox Lintons in Dominica—are you real. How can you ask for more hatred and dicision and bitterness. Just ask the folks in Antigua.
Give a fool a mic and he will turn your airwaves into disarray to suit his warped agenda.
BTW, on your way out Shut the Door.
Yes indeed! You are so right! look in the mirror and the fool with the mike will be starring right back at you.. Have you people surrended your consciences to the legislaturs? Lord have mercy! Jesus look upon Dominica!
SMH WIKI you stooping too low my boy!!!
GOD IS NOT IN ANY POLITICAL OFFICE MY BOY! CHECK TO SEE WHO U HOLDING HANDS WITH! I hope you have a door to call your own so that you can shut it, if not then shut your mouth cuz that might be all you really have. 
people on the internet cannot be blindsided by your wealth of tactics…. if you want to fool someone try those who cannot read or write, try posting the streets for a while so you can catch a few illiterate people, cuz it not working our for you here.
Lennox stop it! please stop it and start focusing on the important things. What are the opposition plans for the alternative government> that’s what i’m interested in. Not the skerrit and Tony crap. I’ve had enough of it. in order words, lets pretend they don’t exist and tell me what is the way forward…that’s what i’m interested in!!! don’t know how much clearing I can be! IF AN ELECTION WAS TO CALL TOMORROW OR TONIGHT LABOUR WILL WIN BECAUSE THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO A GOVERNMENT. LISTEN TO THE PPL, TARGET THE GOVERNMENT AND TELL US WHAT IS THE WAY FORWARD.
Stop being ridiculous.
gO AND HAVE BRAIN SURGERY. YOUR PARASITE..The crumbs are running dry.
i agree with you. all we have been hearing from every political party is corruption and more corruption. when we take out who is there and u send them to jail what next. please for heaens sake give us a plan. after the next election when you win i will still be working for the same salary i was working for before and the price of milk flour and sugar will not go down. those we have no control over. so please tell me what are you going to do. we dominicans need to see politicians for what they truly are. they cannot take dominica anywhere we are the ones who have to do it but we are so busy fighting each other we are hurting our supposedly precious country to remove a government we dont like then when they are replaced the other side will do the same. please WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE dominicans. this country is ours to build stop destroying it for petty politocal criminals
To be fair, none of us know for a fact that Mr. Lawrence is advising Mr. Skerrit and his lawyers… that is speculation on the part of Mr. Linton.
With that said, it is a great observation by Linton. This is definitely too close for comfort.
Thumbs up to Lennox on this one.
Yeh I’m sure that every time Tony conferred with Alick during the proceedings and that when they were exchanging paper work and conversation Alick was merely there as water boy or messenger to go pickup pizza , make photo copies and to make sure Tony’s apparel was well ironed. Child Please !!!!!!!- Och Cinco
LENNOX LINTON IS JEALOUS OF SKERRIT AND WILL COME UP WITH ALL KINDA TING TO TRY TO BRING HIM DOWN….I BELIEVE SKERRIT WILL WIN THAT CASE AND THEN LENNOX WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SUMTHING ELSE, WHICH WONT WORK…SKERRIT DOING ALOT OF GOOD ESP FOR OLD PEOPLE AND D POOR, SO THEIR PRAYERS STRONGER THAN THE NEGATIVE LENNOX AND UWP BRINGING UP…
THE ONLY REASON I’M AGREEING WITH LENOX IS BECAUSE LENOX IS A PERFECT MAN. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT UWP MR PERFECT? WE ARE NOT EATING YOUR LABOUR MENU CAN U FEED US A LITTLE OF UWP PLEASE. ON MY PLATE I WANT EARL, PETER C, RON G, EDDO J, WILLY B, MAKE MY MEAT A GROOVY BAT,
The UWP supporters and member are so quick to lay blame that they forget to do due deligence. Had Lennox done so, he would be aware that one of the witness for the petition Attorney at Law Mr. Bruney is also on the Electrial Board of Commission.
He have to stop playing Mr. Know it all, sit back and do some indepth research before he goes to the public. Not because he has a weekly show it means that he have to fill it up with half truths.
Lennox call himself a journalist, please so some integrity and accountablity by report the true picture of the facts. He continually fail in this regard but try to remain in the media with his blatant support to the party of his choice.
It is better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.Are you dumb or can you not read? We are talking here of the ELECTORAL COMMISSION. What is the Electrical Board of Commission?
You got the point Smarty Pants
sigh north if u would have check your facts you would know that mr bruney is not on the electoral commission… please do some research…SMH
Wow.
Journalist and political activist! Can the two exist together? The ETHICS Code for Journalist may beg to differ. If he is a political activist – then he is not a journalist, he maybe an opinion Talk Show Host.
Journalist report facts, OBJECTIVE FACTS. They don’t openly chose political sides. A Journalist has to be objective to be a Journalist.
Just Saying …
so what is your OBJECTIVE view of mr lawrence’s position??????
this is the crap that will never get this country anywhere. their is a different with being a witness to a matter and a lawyer. we need to stop putting ethics aside in this country for party or friends. the law is clear and if the law was broken then the court should deal with that. so am not commenting about that part of it.
what i will comment is that if and i say if cause am not their. If what Lennon is saying is true then the president should remove Mr. Lawrence from the commission.you cant be responsibly for keeping anything honest and be a lawyer for the same people that u suppose to be watching that now fair.
Lennox, i have not been in court, but if what you saying is true, then yes that definitely wrong. BUT Mr. Lennox, didnt you know it was wrong when Ron Green and Peter Carbon had US Citizen all the time, getting elected and sitting in the Parliment all these years; even worst for Peter, he was elected and living and working overseas. Where were you to speak against that? Besides, Green gave up his citizenship at the nick of time when he knew that he would want to challenge the PM, other than that, if he was on the winning side, he would have sat there and said nothing. So he is as bad as they are and you lennox is no better,its good only when it suits you and them.
I agree with your comment. It is really saddening – This has nothing to do with democracy. It is just all part of an agenda.
It does not matter who is right and who is wrong. It only matters that this is one more way to destabilize Labour. I wish I could sit here and praise the fight for democracy but alas, it has nothing to do with democracy.
It does not matter who is right and who is wrong. It only matters that this is one more way to destabilize Labour.
really??? it doesn’t matter who is right or wrong????????????????
REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS WHY LEAVING ALLU $%^&%$$ COUNTRY FOR ALLU
I would shake your big toe
keep playing stupid! the day I see my child suffering for the pathetic ignorance of people like you. I will relapse back into my OLD WAYS
and LUCIFER WILL BE AMONGST YOU PEOPLE….just let my little baby cry because of allu and allu politics GARBAGE and you all will know what the fire of hell is!
Well if your neighbor son steals and get away, and your son steal and get caught. Are you saying that you expect the court to free your son because its the neighbor who caught him: and his/her son did it in the past????
Amazing….
ISN’T MR DAVE BRUNEY A MEMBER OF THE SAME COMMISSION THEY TALKING ABOUT? BUT MR BRUNEY WAS GIVING EVIDENCE IN COURT? SO WHY CANT MR LAWRENCE PASS PAPERS? MR WE MST BE FAIR NOT BEAVE LIKE A “SOL” FISH.
GOD BLESS DOMINICA.
Mr. Bruney is a memeber of the IPO not the Electoral Commission. Stop commenting on things you know nothing of. It just goes to prove the level of ignorance that our people are engulfed in
I SECOND THAT *
Mr. Lennox Linton is very intelligent. Something about the way he presents his issues or the settings that he uses causes more negative feedback than positive. Probably he needs to be more independent of party politics and Dominicans will take him more seriously
Linton can rant and rave but he can NEVER put his foot in neither Lawrence or Tony’s clean shoe. So keep on crying Lennoxxx Linton.
Thats for sure…he can get blue vex, green and they “toufay” but he can never walk in these guys shoes.
Who would want to walk in the shoes of those totally disrepectful, men?
I hope he really does not walk in their corrupt shoes.
That comment is so irrelevant. Look at the issue the man is presenting and comment on it. You talking crap about Lennox putting his foot in Tony and Alick shoes stupes.
Critical, it will be you or your children crying soon when you see what a mess your country will soon be in. Don’t know your age so you might be long gone and the burden on your children.
One day we will learn to wear DOMINICA and take out our political hats & colours from every corner of the world where we sit and bash people not based on the worthiness of their contributions, but simply because we don’t like them, we don’t like the villages they come from, we back opposing parties etc etc. One day we will learn to debate issues on their merits and stay away from personalities and peoples rights to privacy.
One day, one of these good days DOMINICANS will come to understand the necessary evil they have dubbed Lennox Linton to be, but more so they will say “SI LENNOX TAY LA”! Back any and everything for the heck of it and when we become strangers in our own homeland we will see because that DAY WILL COME and we are ALL reponsible for giving birth to it.Just remember the Alix Lawrences & Tonys won’t be amongst us on that day, they’re busy making their wealth, filling their baskets, and linning their jars to bounce out when that day arrives. Think they going to stay their and toil and rebuild with us, what they all but desecrated
Si Lennox Tay La. All he and his party is trying to do is destabilize the country. They were there and it had corruption with no progress, so why try to put them back again? Corruption with no progress or corruption with progress, CHOOSE!
ALAS, ALAS, ALAS.
Very intersting comments coming from Laplaine! What a disgrace to the past generations of Laplainians? The people who said NO! There will be no taxation without representation, the people who knew what injustice was and fought against it! Are you really from Lapliane? Don’t you know your history.. This is sad, so sad for Dominica.. Yes indeed, the church and the education system have failed the people. It looks like the present generation of Dominica is a lost generation, all we can do now is to pray that the next generation do not follow in those footsteps.. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy, Christ guide the next generation of Dominicans into the path of light, shield them from the drakness that now surrounds them..
I can see you have never been far from your little hole….crab doesn’t go far they always close to their hole to run back inside….we need a civil war to rid our country of some crabs we…..
Ther is no rocket science to this. It is unethical in all ways.
If Tony wants to confer with Alick do it in private..not in a public forum.
Again blatant disrespect of what is right and what is wrong right in your face.
can this thing get any more innappropriate?
ITS LIKE A PRIEST PREACHING AT SUNDAY MASS TO ALL THOSE BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED PEOPLE WITH A THIRST FOR THE WORD OF GOD, AND LATER AT NIGHTS HE IS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH PRAYING TO SATAN…
WHAT A PEOPLE IN THAT DOMINICA, WHO DOH HEAR WILL FEEL
So you are saying Lennox is a Priest. I would think he is more like a Pastor.
Did I hear you say Pastor BJ…let me do, but don’t ever try to do it.
Wikileaks i must admit this comment from you is pure SH**.
The person is sayin that the situation is similar!
And where the pastor BJ coming in that? stupes.
Why don’t people read and understand before making complete fools of themselves?
WHAT AN IDIOT YOU ARE WIKILEAK. YOU JUST KEEP MAKING A FOOL OF YOURSELF ON THIS SITE.
Lawrence are very smart people capable of doing wrong and making it look right… It is publicity for his career that was basically not at its highest until given such position. They are known for exploiting situations to their advantage weather the agree with the matter at hand. I should know since I am one.. Allick you should know better.
It is not what is wrong anymore in Dominica, it is who does it. The dual citizenship case, whether Skerritt and St. Jean are legitimate members of Parliament, disregard for the Electoral Laws, should be matters which the Electoral Commission should be concerned about.
The Constitution gives the Commission the mandate to conduct and ensure FREE and FAIR elections and to make sure candidates abide by the Laws. So obviously the interest of the Electoral Commission should be on the side of the State, must be protecting the Constitution and Electoral laws.
Lawyers Tony Astaphan and Alick Lawrence, must know that no member of that Commission should appear to be giving legal advice or being in Co. with those alledgedly accused of disregarding the electoral laws which members of the Electoral Commission vow and suppose to uphold. Not one of them has refuted the allegation that the said member of the Electoral Commission seem to be on the side unofficially of the accused.
That bold, arrogant, deceitful, nobody-could-touch-me attitude by a few in our society is disheartening, and freightening. To know one would be wrong, would continue to be wrong in doing an act, but stubbornly goes ahead and does the act, is being Narcissist. It is said that No one is bigger than the law. In Dominica, a few are trying desperately to reverse that trend and acting as though they are bigger than the Law.
Where did those people get that authority from to be openly doing such things against the Law? Nothing happens? Free and Fair Elections? Madness. Justice? Power? Unfair. Is the Constitution losing out to despotism, Law of the jungle, dishonesty, no integrity? In our faces. Under our noses. No Constitution could prevent the FEW from doing what they want, when they want, how they want. Time will tell.
It is not what is wrong anymore in Dominica, it is who does it. The dual citizenship case, whether Skerritt and St. Jean are legitimate members of Parliament, disregard for the Electoral Laws, should be matters which the Electoral Commission should be concerned about.
The Constitution gives the Commission the mandate to conduct and ensure FREE and FAIR elections and to make sure candidates abide by the Laws. So obviously the interest of the Electoral Commission should be on the side of the State, must be protecting the Constitution and Electoral laws.
CHECK RON GREEN AND THE PETITIONERS…Check
I totally concur with you my friend. Only in DOMINICA is wrong right and right sometimes wrong depending on who’s involved. This Lenox Lawrenec guy has been “intimately involved” with this government and feels comfortable compromising himself, the court case and more specifically the Electoral Commission with this unscrupulous and “showmanship” behavior by his involvent in this matter. This guys pay no attention to the rule of law and do as they see fit and by ANY MEANS NECESSARY! The bible has this to say about such DISHONORABLE OFFICIALS, “there is a way that seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof is destruction”. In the Book of Judges from 14 – 16, Samson pursued his own desires and did as he pleased against his parents advise and continued down a “slippery” slope until he lost his eyes in the process and ultimately his life. People Dominica is a nation after God, he stands for righteousness, let us return this land to the father and bring back sanity, humility, respect for the law, decency, honour, brotherly love etc…. to this land before we be judged and to those leaders I say this, “woe be unto the shepherd who leads Jah sheep astray”…… HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS THE BEST my dear friends and comrades!
* Alick Lawrence and NOT Lenox Lawrence…..my sincere apologies to MR. LENOX LAWRENCE!
What is going on in Dominica is a travesty. Alix Lawrence should be ashamed of himself. All these people have sold their consciences for alms. There are not many men of principle left in Dominica. Who will be left standing when this utterly disgraceful Era is over in Dominica? Who will be left standing.. Lennox great job as usual.
The idea of conflict of interest does not seem to be a factor at all in Dominica. Anything goes once it benefits this regime and the notorious senior counsel signs off on it.. How much longer will this madness go on in Dominica?
Lennox you while many may try to question your motive, they cannot deny that you have a very keen and critical eye!!! hats off to you….
who have eyes to see let them see
With no real job and that amount of free time , a thief will even thief his ownself , if one eye is not looking at the other.
SMH you must be a hermy… you are so confused I doubt you even know what sex you are wiki…. here you are again……I’ve recently been accepted do my BSC in Criminal justice….what are you doing???
last time I checked I had bigger fish to fry, soon I will be soooo busy, I wont have time to fry titiwi with you.. as you will note by my edited name, I dont have any country….so its all yours buddy, continue to wipe your backside with it if you want 
u remind me of one of those strays on the street……come let me throw a piece of bread for you.
….I am proud to say that I am able to finance my own education and that I have no mortgage paying! 
thank the good lord…..I want nothing from the government (UNLIKE YOU)….just pray that is not your RENT money that you working so hard for, slandering people on DNO, that might end up paying my study loan for me while I on campus LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. careful cuz I might be your landlord. 
oh i forgot!!!!! SHUT THE DOOR ON YOUR WAY OUT!!!
LMFAO!!!
BYE BYE DOMINICA, ILL COME BACK WHEN THE BAYGON SPRAY AND THE COCKROACHES START GO MAD!
Come on fellas, lets have a dialogue instead of hurling abuse at one another, what ever your political affiliation are at the end of the day we are all Dominicans, with all the hidden characters of the internet, for all we know it could be a member of your own family that you are exchanging those vicious words without being aware of doing so.
an investigation should be conducted in how an unemployed man as lennox and the activities he is involved with. I have never seen and unemployed made move around and travel so frequently. Someon is bank rolling him, I wonder WHO??????
You sure is Lennox they should investigate?
another jacka%%!!!
Even though your PM is employed…. check his salary and see if the amount of movements and travel correspond with the amount he makes. How many people running around Dominica with no job, but have vehicle.
boi what is lennox problem, Dave Bruney is a member of the Electoral Commission and is was a witness in the dual citizen matter.
Lennox stop fooling the people of Dominica. Stop fooling yourself. stop lighting fire and not helping to put it out. stop fooling Eddision and Ron Green.
We are fedup with you and your foolishness.
All you do is light fire and run and leave it burning till you fools rush in to put it out.
Get a life Lennox! Get a Life!
Is Dave Bruney advising any of the lawyers?
Lennox did a perfect job at that…the sentiments you echo is not too distant from that of a fool.
“Dave Bruney is a member of the Electoral Commission?” “in what i wouldn well tell u there”
You forget at what lengths you guys went to keep him out because you claim that he’s openly spoken against “EL SUPRIMO et al”. Do not worry, the curtains will come down on this “sharade” of all of u, it’s just a matter of time! THIS TOO SHALL PASS!
Dave Bruney is on the IPO Commission
You jack****!! ANYONE CAN BE CALLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN ANY SITUATION!! The issue here is that Mr. Lawrence is playing both sides of the field. As a member of the electoral commission he must be neutral.
I know a lot of you people will be quick off the block to criticize and talk down what Mr Linton said but of course it is our right to do. I would however like to look at a few pointers ,Mr Linton spoke of conflict of interest which simply means that Mr Lawrence is a member of the electoral commission of which is related to the case presently in Court with the PM, so it is a conflict of interest. So now for Mr Lawrence sitting behind and giving Mr Astaphan advice in Court of the said case that should be in his as a member of the Electoral commission is that a fact yes it is. So go a head criticize Mr Linton but when we will find the time to take him serious and stop being ignorant lets hope it will not be too late.
excellent work Lennox.
i’m feeling sad for d/ca day by day…. corrupt practices in our faces and we see no wrong in it… reminds me of the song by ophelia marie… ‘aye dominique… yo kar kwarzaywe… pe dam po pom po pom… say skerro sah la aye skerro sah la aye SKERRO!!!!… ou tou machaisetey…say skerro sah la aye skerro sah la aye SKERRO!!!!… keetay dominique”