The Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) candidate for the Roseau Valley Constituency, Senator Ronald Charles has expressed support of the construction of a geothermal plant located in Laudat but has concerns about what he says are land acquisition issues associated with the project.
He made the statement while addressing the media here recently.
“Let me first put on record that I do support the geothermal project,” he said. “It is a project I believe if it is properly managed, it will bring great benefits to the people of Dominica and the Roseau Valley by extension.”
Charles said, however, one of the concerns regarding the project is the issue of land acquisition.
“The issue of land acquisition is not only a concern and a deep concern for the people of the Laudat Village, but it is a concern for those who are lending us the money too which is the World Bank,” he stated.
“I strongly recommend that we cannot continue to have a situation where an important aspect of the project needs to be catered for and that is land acquisition,” Charles noted. “And up today we cannot get any confirmation as to whether or not that is done and there are a lot of complaints coming from many of the land owners as it relates to the land acquisition.”
Charles went on to say that in his capacity as an attorney, he will continue to assist anybody, especially those who are directly affected in terms of that land acquisition so that they can bring some relief to these people.
DA never has had the money to support the geothermal project. DA owes the World Bank big bucks as to many other countries that are essentially bankrupt. It is owned by the bankers and other investors. It is entirely speculative as to whether Dominicans will ever see any benefits from this project.
Ronald
i wonder if you actually know how much of Dominicans money is being claimed to have already been spent on Geo Thermal. I can see one claiming hundreds of millions gone into this project, without any real auditing nor traces of that expenditure .
everything about outgoing millions is so secretive by that finance minister .
i wonder why ein .
Well said Mr. Ronald Charles and I am impressed that you, in the Opposition Party, has verbally expressed your support for the Geothermal Project as well as looking into the concerns of landowners impacted. Economic investment and development is the responsibility of both the DLP and UWP. We need Revenue- -Generating-Investment business in Dominica.
We need more candidates like you, Mr. Charles, in the Opposition Party.
Regards,
Vincent Rolle
Houston, Texas USA
There is a process for land acquisition and there are pertinent laws. As a lawyer he can familiarize himself, the Laudat people and the public by extension with these law to facilitate negotiations and prevent obstructionist and aggressive opposition behavior.
I am impress with Mr Charles positive attitude towards a development project. This is a far cry from the negative attitude of the elected opposition members. I hope Mr Charles attitude prevails and influence the behavior of his fellow opposition members.
Life indeed is strange. Mr Charles is congratulated for his support of this development project, but the government who initiated it have been getting kicks and licks. Wow. We really not easy.
Well done Ronald, we all need to start asking the present government and Skerrit some serious questions and we need to insist on proper answers.
We will not support nor oppose blandly. Support will ve in the beat interest of the community and Dominica. Way to go Charles! Look it for the people and the people will keep you in office.
Its good to see kudos going to candidate Charles for giving the nod to this scientific exploration . That is a far cry from the dirty negative remarks made about made about Skerrit on this issue. Well my kudos to the Rt Hon DR DR Roosevelt Sherrit, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Who repeatedly demonstrate that he has a vision for the development of our beautiful Dominica.