With campaigning for the December 8 general election heating up by the day, police PRO, Assistant Superintendent Claude Weekes, is pleading with the Dominican public to keep it clean and violent free.
“We encourage everyone to conduct themselves,” he told DNO. “While we appreciate that everybody has their constitutional right to campaign for whichever political party that they want to but what is significant is the compliance with the law in the exercise of their constitutional or democratic rights.”
Drivers and motorcyclists are being warned to exercise precaution during campaign events.
“We have also warned drivers, motorcyclists to be very careful because we are very much concern about the people who sometimes hang dangerously from the huge trucks or even from car windows,” he stated.
Weekes added, “While we understand the joy of supporting a party, at the end of the day people have to be concerned about their safety and security. We advise that people must be very careful when they go on these campaigns.”
In fact, he said drivers have a responsibly to ensure that people whom they are carrying are safe.
Weekes also sent out a stern warning to citizens that should respect other people’s property.
He said this is becoming a major problem in Dominica.
“People have to learn to respect others property. That is the problem we have in Dominica,” Weekes noted.
He said interfering with property or damaging property has always been a criminal offense.
He pointed out that just last week three men were interviewed by the police in Portsmouth for damaging campaign billboards.
“That kind of behavior took place in the north but no one has been formally charged with malicious damage,” Weekes said.
Mr.Claude Weekes you seeing after all them injection the PM giving people they have energy to fight.The PM smart he using di degree to calm them down you know like di ward on di hill is just that them injection have plenty money medicine to drowzee people.
Weekes… you should have demanded proper conduct from the painter who painted the wall behind you sot!
What kind of paint job is that? did the paint finish?
Anyway I heard PWA is requesting more money for police officers and now allu want no violence. You know THAT’S LIKE ASKING FOR A RAISE AND LESS WORK AT THE SAME TIME! SERIOUSLY?!!
When is Danny Lugays case going to be called i wonder
BOSS man go talk to th PM was you ears closed when he say BLOOD WILL RUN IF HE LOST THE ELECTION?
GOD ALMIGHTY please save DOMINICA from this political divide, in Jesus name amen. The Inspector is trying his best to promote peace and love and the people still bring in negative, political and hatred comments. Please continue advocating peace and love to our compatriots, well done Inspector – may GOD Bless u
Weekes was off the job because he use to talk about everything that was wrong the big boys didn’t like that so off he went but since he is back on the job he is low key so hearing him say he is encouraging the public to keep their head on that was a first from him Weekes is not the very same person he once was since coming back to the job.
Maybe, but none of that is on Weekes’. He was born to be a cop and is a man of the highest integrity.
He should be the commissioner.
Claude, I hope you hvae not sold your soul to the devil.
There is a lot of cocoma-kac that is going on in Da before this election and I hope you will keep your cool to serve and protect the people of Dominica.
Do and say things with an open mind.
Politicians come and go but the police force remains there.
What for all you ro call for all u not calling for. Call for an investigation on skerite and where he get that millions and millions of dollars and all you geting 0 0 0 % increase lol i mean how stupid can you be to vote a man that givin you 0 0 0% increase. In your own salary lol and the same man have money spending lavishly all over the place the same man that say he cannot give all you increase. It good to decrease all you salary next yeat if they win! Brainless people. The man take over the police force and over all the other major institutions.of he win this time he will take overdominica.
Mr weeks as a former police officer let me say your commissioner and police force is a joke and a political arm of the govt. your job is to prevent crime all the time and u have done a miserable job of that I remember when the police force was respected and trusted, but not any more .stop being politians and do your jobs.
I agree with u 1000% Nevo. Gone are thedays when officers were respected as men fo the law. We have police singing calypso in support of the government and openly campaigning and the Chief like a coonoomoonoo saying nothing. We have a senior inspector from layou and a SUPERINTENDENT from Kings Hill on the campaign trail like they runing for office and no I ne dare say anything
. Hence, Change Is A Must!
Assertive, NOT Aggressive!
Hi Nevevson, I see you said you were a former police officer. I am trying to locate Johnathan St. Jean and his brother G, (who was a police officer).If you have any info, email me at [email protected]. Thanks.