Prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has once again come to the defense of the public support program which is being operated from his office.
The program has been criticized by the opposition, citing a lack of transparency.
In parliament on Wednesday member of parliament for Roseau, Norris Prevost, questioned whether the government had something to hide.
Addressing parliament on Wednesday evening, Skerrit did not specifically address the matter of transparency but instead said as prime minister he has the responsibility to assist the needy.
“I want the opposition to tell me as prime minister of this country that if I get a call at 8:30 on a Friday night, first a text message or a Whatsapp message, asking to call and they say to me, prime minister we have two-day old baby who needs to be flown out the country tomorrow Saturday and we need $34,000 to get him out, what do I do as prime minister?” Skerrit said. “What do I do if I have the ability as the prime minister of the country to assist those parents?”
The prime minister said whenever assistance is sought he doesn’t ask “whether you voted for me last election, neither do I ask you to vote for me the next election.”
“I don’t ask those questions,” he stated. “My focus is to help people who come to me for help genuinely. We do not have all the resources to help everybody at the same time but I believe as the leader of the country, as a representative of the people, as a servant of the people, I have a duty and responsibility to first listen to people’s concerns…”
The prime minister gave full credit “to the Almighty for creating that program for the people of Dominica.”
Last year Skerrit defended the program and vowed to continue it saying he has a biblical responsibility to assist the poor.
Magway sa< Look the PM is now saying he doesn't ask bout party and so forth, Oh dear! These Politicians are only there to help those who vote for them and playing heavy with the Money of the Commonwealth of Dominica… They are all guilty of playing politics when it comes to help,,, and next thing they calling God's name…
Why is it that poor people have to call the PM and not the relavant ministry or lined minister? This PM is just using such programs to boast his popularity and have people come over and beg him for stuff….
This eat a food politics is not taking Dominica anywhere,…….. Its just plain and simple eat a foood politics and using poor people for political mileage …
Truth be told , these guys dont help folks who doesnot support Labour…….
Its just degrading to see folks come and line up for daily bread from the father of the nation… and the PM loves that attention….
why can't he give them from his pocket, or use his allowances and big money to assist poor folks….
Its just pure psychology and cheap politics ,,,,,
Red Clinic………… This is so sickening , and the PM wanna be like some great leader with big money flashing here and there… The PM is just a Chavez wanna be,,,,,
In the other islands, Pms dont speak like him, as if the funds of the state belong to him…. One wonders what kind of cabinet is that……….
They should be offering sleeping pills at the red clinic… open a pharmacy nah
i need a number for the PM so i can call him. My grandparents need a toliet!
I just do not understand how right thinking people can support what is going on.
As someone who works in audit , I do not know how proper accountability can be realized. Example. let us say that the Prime Minister is given $100,000 to spend in his red clinic. How can we know for certain that $10,000 was given to Jim Brown ? I see this as corruption at its highest level. Secondly isn’t there a department which deals which welfare? Why can all these case be scrutinized by the welfare department for approval? This is just simply a vote catching exercise.
Skerrit stop keeping your people poor!!!!
when there are RATS in potato garden the sensible thing to do is to put poison, the poison will be placed in the ballot boxes on election day the result the political death of the rats, jaden patat la se saaw manje touju.
What is so difficult about having this program run outside of your office Mr. PM ?.
If you are so concerned about citizens calling at 8:30pm, then why not have a call center with operators working late evening hours to handle to late night calls ?
The appearance of impropriety/corruption can be worse than the improper/corrupt act itself.
a lady whose house got burnt went for that same assistance. The same pm gave her some authorisation to go to Nassief for material. When he found out she did not support his party, the same pm called her back to change something and ‘tear the paper’. is that right? Don’t be fooled by those lies of the pm. its time for change.
So 8.30 in the night a woman texting. Whatsapp and calling you and you is a married prime minister something wrong there and then you giving her 34,000 all that money is needed for the surgery wow!!!! No evidence that child is actually sick no doctors orders nothing also I thought the Olympic couple built a children’s hospital . why you didn’t send them at the newly built children hospital…. That story if fishy you and that woman maybe has something … can you give me your contact so I could call and text you at 8.30 to cause 34,000 would do me good
lolololollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll eh allyou making noise and Spaggs begging Wicked…..
PM just h old the fort we dere with you . Who vex burst11111111111111111111111111
You are a bit of an idiot aren;t you.?Do you think there are queues outside Obama’s office? Of course not they have welfare departments like all civilised countries. We really live in the middle ages. The Lord of the manor hands out alms. Welcome to what century?
Mr.PM
As long as you run this program from your office, to an outsider it will send the wrong message…..
If this was set up to genuinely help needy Dominicans, and you are not looking for any favors in return, then I suggest you set up an independent non-governmental organization to run and operate it.
When setting this up, you need to have one or two people there to update you directly on how things going….that is expected.
However, as long as you have this running from your office… padner..any civic minded individual would take it to mean that you seek something for assisting those you help.
its a good thing to be able to help those that urgently needs help,i also know that the prime minister have a soft heart for children and a lot of woman knows that as well. from close source of the pm have confirmed of parents who for come for urgent help with their baby, and later that day another woman comes with that same baby for help.. i’m not saying the request of $34,000 wasn’t genuine or not, but what i’m saying psychology also plays a roll in the time frame of the request… and i believe what should have been done by the pm is .. when they come to you or call or text.within 24 hrs have these individual sent (a letter or code from you) to a specific group of people who have the available resources to quickly look into this kind of situation (within 24 hrs)and make available the monies needed to that individual.. thats my opinion as a youth.
Of course he will defend his vote buying program. This guy has no shame whatsoever because this RED CLINIC is creating more dependency on Gov’t and less financial independence.
At no time in Parliament was the name RED CLINIC used to describe this program but as soon as they walk out of Parliament, they call it RED CLINIC because this program was designed for their supports.
Zo tou sort
So Mr. Skerrit, you mean to tell me a lady could call, text you, and whatsapp you on a Saturday night,at 8:30pm to ask you for $34,000.00 so her child could be flown out? Who you fooling? A Female? At 8:30pm? a Saturday night? To be flown out? Did you fly too Mr, PM? And it only cost $34,000.00? What’s the name of the hospital? What about the hotel? What was the doctors name? Is it the same doctor that likes to see female patients at the red clinic both in vieille case and Roseau? Boy that doctor there does not give nothing for nothing your know. Is I scratch your…and you scratch mine too.
@Perfect idiot, You need to change your name to something like “Perfect Genius” because your observations are that of a genius. I mean how much lower does it get? When a nation’s prime Minister who is married, can talk like that in public, with no pride whatsoever, what does one really expect of the future of Dominica?.
“I want the opposition to tell me as prime minister of this country that if I get a call at 8:30 on a Friday night, first a text message or a Whatsapp message, asking to call and they say to me, prime minister we have two-day old baby who needs to be flown out the country tomorrow Saturday and we need $34,000 to get him out, what do I do as prime minister?” Skerrit said. “What do I do if I have the ability as the prime minister of the country to assist those parents?”
According to you the man was very careful not to say if is 8:30 Pm (based on our knowledge of him he really meant 8:30Pm)or 8:30am. He was also very careful with the use of pronoun in the cell call, text and whatsapp messages. He used ‘they’ and ‘we’ but was careful not to use ‘she’ or her. I bet you it was a her. That two-day old baby business boy? I hope the dad is well identified. Sorry, Skerrit behave like a child with his street vulgar language and therefore we must expose him for who he is. A married PM should have more respect and somebody needs to tell him that no woman feels comfortable to know others have his # and can text him, call him at 8:30 pm.
This manSkerrit is just sickening. He brings shame to the office of Prime Minister.
I cannot understand you, ECP. Are you telling me that people choose what time of day or night someone gets sick and require emergency help? And you would not call anyone whom you believe could help you? Are you kidding me?
I guess, by your post, it would be correct to say, neither you or any member of your family or friends have never had anyone in the hospital in an emergency situation.
Lucky you.
@Toomatoe Tomato, Checkout your question to me again before you make people laugh and call you naïve. Here are my answers to your question. 1People do not choose what time of day to get sick. 2. That being said, if one truly gets sick in the night then why not call a nurse or doctor or go to emergency room? 3. Based on you question to me then am I to conclude that Dr. Skerrit diagnosed the child and knew it was going to cost $34,000? My friend, don’t be that naïve because Dominica belongs to us, One day Skerrit will leave office and we, our children and grand will be stuck with his mess just as Chavez left and Venezuelan’s are stock with his mess. What Skerrit is doing is wrong. He his motives are right he simply has to put the mechanisms in place and then ensure that all Dominicans that truly need help get it. But for him to be the doctor, pharmacist, nurse and financier is pure crap and corruption. I know What I am talking about because I know Mr. Skerrit personally, years before he was a high school student, teacher or PM.
My pm keep doing your good work and for you domb … people if he had left the baby to die you people would sing another song ungreatful Dominican shame on you all
Dominica has a few heartless people who would rather see people die and also of starvation before they could be helped. Pay no attention to such people for they are placing heaping burning coals on their heads and digging their graves through their wickedness of heart and their words. God is taking note.
@Simply The truth I do agree with you because this corrupt Labour Party has been the most heartless party to lead the nation. They fatten their pockets, and that of their henchmen, but the majority of the population,has to scrounge for survival. The people are insulted, told Go To Hell 3times by their own Prime minister, the people are cursed by party zealots, referred to as animals by those on their radio talk shows (The Animal Show). That is why these HEARTLESS AND WICKED MEN NEEDS TO BE SENT PACKING FROM CAPTAIN TO COOK!
Heartless people including skerritt. The national footballer who, at risk of his own life, climbed out of his predicament to warn others thereby saving the lives of many is still struggling to receive proper medical attention. May I also remind you the he is a public officer who risks his life delivering an essential service, so don’t be fooled by skerritt’s none sense, although I suspect you are just one of those evil Dominicans who don’t really care anything about the rest of us but will just jump in defence of every wrong thing your god does.
It is a shame the level that Skerrit has brought governance in Dominica to….The reason this programme has to be defended so much is because there is something very wrong with it…Can you imagine Obama or the British PM or any other democratically elected prime minister handing out cheques from his office? They would have to resign instantly. Even campaign funds have strict rules attached in those countries. In the pre-labour Dominica…A minister giving out just one LPO was a big deal ans a no.no. Now the PM is handing out cheques and cash with no accountability. …and he see nothing wrong with that….This clearly show that you do not understand your role as a Prime Minister.
That is why Change is a Must …Not an Option.
So the PM is halving the work of the welfare office by providing a secondary or rather superior office (as by his own accounts its successful, whereas in the case of the welfare dept its not always that way)… so while he is operating half of the welfare dept from his office, what is the welfare department full-time staff doing? Are we paying full time salaries to get half of the work done.
That is we are paying twice as much to get the same amount of work done (half from welfare office and half from PM)?
It is not for you to question and decide.
“I want the opposition to tell me as prime minister of this country that if I get a call at 8:30 on a Friday night, first a text message or a Whatsapp message, asking to call and they say to me, prime minister we have two-day old baby who needs to be flown out the country tomorrow Saturday and we need $34,000 to get him out, what do I do as prime minister?” Skerrit said. “What do I do if I have the ability as the prime minister of the country to assist those parents?”
HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET THESE WHATSAPP MESSAGES? IF THERE ARE THAT MANY SERIOUS CASES OF INFANT HEALTH PROBLEMS, SURELY IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO UPGRADE THE NURSERY AT THE HOSPITAL THAN TO KEEP GIVING PARENTS $34,000 TO TAKE THEIR KIDS OVERSEAS – OR AM I WRONG?
I know, we know of several people who are in desperate need of assistance – who have on several occasions called on the MP’s etc… but to no avail.
MR Pm, can you please make your whataspp info public please – this method of contact seems to be the most effective – quite a few people who do face to face visits to the welfare department never get anywhere and quite a few more pay a lot of visits to the various ministers – where we are told to come next week and next week and the other week.
If they are sincerely in need of help they will receive it.
“I want the opposition to tell me as prime minister of this country that if I get a call at 8:30 on a Friday night, first a text message or a Whatsapp message, asking to call and they say to me, prime minister we have two-day old baby who needs to be flown out the country tomorrow Saturday and we need $34,000 to get him out, what do I do as prime minister?”
Mr. Skerrit, I have a few questions here and I will also tell you what you should do:
Firstly, why should every Tom, Jane and Mary have the PM’s cell number for them to call him, text him, and whatsapp him at 8:30? He was smart not to say pm or am.
2. Is that number available to the general public or just party faithfools?
3. Based on the fact that they come to you for $34,000 at 8:30, how can we be sure that you gave them the stated amount or more, or less? No accountability whatsoever.
4. You should know we all know you are a politician and not a civil servant?
5. What do you do as PM? You listen to their cry, direct them to welfare, make sure they receive help if funds are available.
6. The idea of Jane, Mary and Marsha have the PM’s number to call him at 8:30pm (I say pm because if it was during the day they would call your office number) ask him for $34K and walk out with that amount, leaves me to wonder if she is not paying the PM for that money in … entertainment.
The number is for party faith FOOLS.
Skerrit is just exposing his in public. No wonder he is being fooled by so many. HE IS JUST NOT PRIME MINISTER MATERIAL.. He hangs himself once you put a mike next to his mouth.
No wonder he is scared of debating.
The prime minister said whenever assistance is sought he doesn’t ask “whether you voted for me last election, neither do I ask you to vote for me the next election.”
The PM must stop fooling people with his lies. Although he himself might not be directly asking them who they voted last election, all those from the Vieille case constituency who are honest will tell you he has his team from ALL three villages assigned to do just that. Before Skerrit gives a person a sheet of plywood his agents are charged with the responsibility to find out where they are leaning politically, and based on there report to Skerrit, funds will either stop, if they are UWP or increase if they are DLP. If a UWPite gets assistance twice or more, just know he is faking in their presence. That’s corruption!
Well DNO I realize you deleted the names of Skerrits agents in the Vieille-case constituency. Is your site and I respect your job. The reason why I named each of the agents in all three villages that form the constituency, is because I wanted Dominicans to know them and ask for assistance. Anywayz we from the constituency whether DLP or UWP know all of those agents and distributors in every village.
PM what is your BB pin number I want to send you a text i pregnant but doctor tell me de baby wrap up wrap up and if I doh do some major surgery me n my baby goin die;;is a special operation that can be done in france alot but it cost 100,000 euro I know u will not let me down,just like de ole lady u had pass straight n did not give her a ride. I cannot believe a big gray vache like de prime minister just there talking crap and so unprofessional;;the government is responsible for the people so let the labor department handle that
No, no no Skerrit, that is not how things work. A democratically elected PM has to act within the laws of the country at any given time. If you give $34,000 to one parent you have to give it to all who ask in an emergency. But clearly that is not the case. You chose who you give the handouts to and that is wrong, after all it’s the taxpayers money and not yours. Only a Dictator can pick and choose not a democratically elected PM. However, if you give these monies out of your own pocket… nobody can stop you. The question however will be asked where did you get all this money from in the first place.
High time for you to go Sir!!! You are a liability to this country!
The prime minister gave full credit “to the Almighty for creating that program for the people of Dominica.”
Last year Skerrit defended the program and vowed to continue it saying he has a biblical responsibility to assist the poor.
I hate to hear Skerrit call God’s name in vain and use the bible to justify his corruption. But you know, as a fellow villager I blame preachers like Meril, BJ, Bill, Peter, Bobbles, Sharplis, and all those so called men and women of God that had an opportunity to shape the spiritual life of Skerrit and instead they all failed to do so and all of them became part of the problem we have in Dominica today. But you know what, satan himself coated scripture like Skerrit, so I am not surprised.
In addition to being wicked and arrogant, he lies, and is losing his mind. UWP loves the poor more than you so they are not averse to the Public Assistance Programme. uwp MEMBERS KNOW BETTER THAN YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO BE POOR. Obviously you don’t. Mr Skerrit i wonder if you learnt anything at school sir. What they (UWP)are saying is that the running of the programme from your office is wrong. It is opened to all sorts of abuse, and the whole of Dominica knows some Tom,Dick and Harry who are strong and young, and who have have benefitted handsomely from the programme. They are saying how they fooled Skerrit and get ‘x’ amount of money. You know already that anyone can fool you sir. They are saying it, and we are hearing it.
YOU ARE AFRAID AND BEGGING NOW! You turned Dominicans into beggars, but you are begging now for votes.
I CANNOT WAIT TO CAST MY ‘X’ AGAINST YOUR CANDIDATE.
SHAME ON THIS LABOUR PARTY UNDER SKERRIT, AND ITS WICKED, EVIL, DEVELISH DESPOTIC,DICTATORIAL AND GREEDY RULE OVER OUR COUNTRY.
HOW LONG?
NOT LONG!
What about other members of your Government Pm Skerritt? Remember the plight of John Fabien (may his soul rest in peace)? Was it because he was from Grand Bay that your government could not find the necessary funds so that he could get the treatment he needed? Don’t give us that coco markac to try and tell us that you are so concerned when in fact you deprive your own member of parliament the right to seek assistance which might have prolonged his life. Come better than that Mr PM !
Mr Prime Minister I thought there was in place procedures for how government monies are to be spent and accounted for,but it seems that from this scenario you just brought up that you are a one man show(chef,cook and bottle washer)and you spend the publics monies like its your own and no accountability is required.I would ask the opposition to investigate if any government regulations are being violated.
I’m sure if this was the PM’s own money, he would want some accountability and for $34,000.00 he would want two signatures on the check,yet he thinks he can just dole out money like that without checked and balances.Does he have any experience in the private sector?I sure as hell would not want him to be in charge of my personal money and don’t want taxpayers money given out like that without government procedures being followed.Its time for change people.
lol when UWP was in power set of begging was going on which is why set of high level people owning majority of the land and us poor people crying today,cant please Dominicans can you…Its so easy to make us forget that we willing to reinstate a party that nearly make Dominica bankrupt…I need to leave this country,this is no longer amusing,alyou foolishness is contagious.
ungrateful? Who is skerrit? The servant of the people. He owes it to the nationals of this country. See how France takes care of people even us as dominican. Are we grateful?
All governments are put there to make life better for its citizens. So what? He isthe only one in the world doing that? Its our money NOT HIS MONEY. come on people wake up and smell the coffee. God is the one who deserves ALL GLORY ?HONOUR AND PRAISE. THank you LORD JESUS for your LOVE and GRACE.
@african queen I am certainly not grateful to this kind of miserable and inept job done by Skerrit in managing our affairs. IT IS SHAMEFUL TO TALK ABOUT.He is just not suited to BE A PRIME MINISTER.. I think all of us love the poor more than Skerrit. He has no right to have tax payers money doling out to who he wants to. There is a Social Welfare Division with people better trained than him who can do that job better than him. The money is not his. He is not doing anyone a favour when he helps them. The money is taxpayers money, so he has no right to use it and make people like you believe that he is making you a favour. IT IS WRONG.
The Red Clinic, Public Assistance, Buy a Vote Assistance, regardless to what you want to call it, its the people taxes. Apparently Skeritt doesn’t believe that because you hear the I,I,I, like Mr. Mendes, RIP, repeated over and over again. This gestapo tactics will not work, that is why, according to Mr. Lennox Linton, change is definitely a must.
The PM just proved he is arrogant and ignorant,period.Sir Brian Alleyne is right again.
the guy really thinks he is a little god
Our prime minister is coming on national station and bring lies to our nation my nephew was in need of medical attention we did not get help kelva took the medical papers from me and nothing done the past mayor met me in Barbados and told me they will help four years now nothing have been done stop playing Polly tricks and stop folling our people
Martina I would like to ask had he helped u would u have been on here saying he helped u or would u have stayed quiet? like all the ones who will not come here and put their names out there saying he helped them in their time of need but maybe their way of paying back is by giving him five more.
Martina like the PM said the resource is limited so everybody will not be helped, i myself was in need of help but did not get, i only feel happy for those who got cause their situations may have been worse than mine. Look you could actually go to do your business in Barbados, just like me so why cry, say praise jah you didn’t have to depend on the help to help yourself and be happy for those who couldn’t and got the help.
This is the first government to ensure that its people are well taken care of especially health wise… Lennox and his regime will stop these programs then you will not complain!!!!
Mr. PM, UWP is not against helping people in need. I just think there is concerned by whom it is done, and why is is falling under your portfolio – I know that everything need financing, but isn’t there a welfare division? Are you responsible for that division?
In all fairness, I get your point Hon. Prime Minister but this program is creating too much unnecessary distractions, so here’s my recommendation: Recuse yourself from the program and appoint one of your lieutenants to oversee the program by directing all calls, request, inquires et al to that person attention.
You must be nuts recommending such to this man…..I work with him and I can tell you he MIRCO MANAGES EVERYTHING!!!!!!! He refuses to delegate to any other minister….I have seen it with my own two eyes, let a minster make the simplest of decision without running it by him and they get shouted at and talk down to. I’m telling the simplest of thing!!!!! ALL HIS MINISTERS AFRAID OF HIM….AND MARK YOU THEY KNOW THERE PLACE.
@HA… So none of these so call men has put him in his place? This is unbelievable man.
Parry, I would ask Skerrit to assist the Grotto Home. I would ask Skeritt whether the money he gives as public assistance comes from his pocket or it comes from the taxes of Dominicans.When ever he talks about that assistance we hear the word I, I being used regularly. If you read the about report, the word I is used eight times.
This abuse of power needs to stop I hope workers will change that there members seems to be here for the betterment of Dominica where as the labour party is there for themselves and for those who support them only while the citizens stay poor the politicians are getting super rich selling papists passports and don’t doing all kinds of illegal acts … But Dominicans are too wicked cause they still voting them in power and we all know what’s happening
Everybody that’s going up for election is always doing it for the betterment of country and as soon as they are elected we all see for whose betterment they are doing it.SMH @people who are hungry for power and wants to get rich overnight on my little”X”.Allu better come good.
That prime minister is to wicked and tricky that programme would be a good initiative if it was done through the welfare division or a system where everything is monitored and there are reports and help is given fairly. The red clinic only one set benefit and some of them lie about the agency of the problem where those who really need the help are never assisted due to political reason ….. This is pure abuse of power and one day the way you put Dominican’s as beggers will come to an end .. And don’t use god name in your nonsense plz … Teach a man to fish and he live for life but give him a fish every week at the red clinic and he votes for labour
Come on give that topic a break.we talking about helping people,the fact of the matter is he help someone .UWP we have better stuff to talk about.I want to vote for uwp but men u guys start sounding like kids..
My point exactly! The main point is he is helping ppl!!!! Some of them will gladly take it if he knock on their door and hand it them
Continue doing what u are doing PM the majority of Dominicans are with u.May God bless u.
skerrit keep doing what u doing,they crucify jesus so who are u for them.You are not perfect but i know u mean well for your fellow dominicans.
I am not a fan of the Red Clinic…BUT…given the way civil servants work, it is much more efficient that the program work directly out of the PM’s office.
Having said that, I do not believe the PM is doing it for the greater efficiency it offers. He wants to be regarded as the saviour of the nation in the same manner that Chavez portrayed himself.
Biblical responsibility, So de mansion in vielle case for the poor, de villas in savanne paix for de poor, the state palace for de poor, the big black luxurious SUV for the poor, Garcon skerro u lying like sun shining.
Leave the PM alone. Allyou mamagying the man
do not be an ,you the people of dominica contain the power to over throw any government which is currupt,yes mr mp gives to the needy but the method which his going about it is wrong. now my people i am not uwp our dlp but its time we wise up as a nation and correct the faults as 34k is not even half a percent of whats missing from the reserve our tax funds remember the people of dominica contains the power not the government.
The guy just pretends he does not get it!! Nobody is against public assistance.
But it should not be your private affair Sir!
Leave public assistance and the determination of who receives it or not to the professionals hired by Government and paid with our tax money.
That is foolishness! He has trained the populace to beg. In which other country do people text or call ot WhatsApp the PM to tell them they need something? Isn’t there a ministry that should be responsible for welfare. Skerrit has an ego issue and Dominicans do not recognize mental illness.
@ Cara W I have said already that his most damning legacy will be thet he turned industrious Dominicans into beggars in their own land,he created in them a mendicancy syndrome, and the fact that he impoverished Dominica. That’s how most people will remember him.
You’re doing a great service for the people. Not even in America you can get this kind of help. Be thankful for what you have. Think positive.
There is that form of help in the US, its just not govern, ruled, mirco managed, dominated, overseen by Obama!!!!! And everyone can access not just Democrats…..because Obama is head of the Democrat party.
There are many other people who are in need of assistance but because the are not supporters of Skerrit they do not receive that assistance…..plzzzzzz stung UWPites do not get assistance no matter how much you take that elevator in that financial centre…..I can attest to
that.
Skerrit be honest,is only labour people that get the assistance,yet they still have to go on their knees and beg you.
so Grell you went there for help already?
Biblical responsibility!!!! And to disrespect your countrymen. Mr. PM you just do not get it and stop calling the name of God in your crap. It is the country’s responsibility which has been established through the welfare department. You are abusing the system. Everybody who needs help should call you if thats the case. You are displaying how not to run a country.
Why don’t parliament help set up low cost health insurance. We all care about the less fortunate and the best way to help is to make them be self sufficience not dependent. Mr. PM i think something is wrong with your head.
I surport 100% .Mr. skerrit as prime minister, minister oF finance and overseer of all the other minstries does not give you the dictatorial right to put you hands in the finances of the country as you please. Being so smart and wanting to be transparent you should allow the social welfare department to handle these affairs for those who qualify, not only the ones that call ‘WOLF”.
Skerrit, there is a BIG difference between “Public support” and the “RED political Clinic.” True pubic support is not done by the PM at his office. It is a policy set in place by the cabinet and signed by the PM/Finance minister. Then civil servants are empowered to accept applications based on criteria they are either qualified or declined. When persons (mostly laborites)have to go to either the PM’s office in Roseau or the PM’s mansion in Vieille case on Thursdays that is nothing but pure corruption. Stop turning people into beggars for a vote man
go Skerrit!!!!
Yes, I agree, he should go.
I never vote but honestly I think he helps people genuinely because he feels he has that responsibility. nothing wrong with that.
I cant believe what you just post do you know that we have a Welfare department in the Govt and do you know what their roll is so why dont you check out these things before you support something that is been done wrongly stop being that gullible
If he was using his own money to do it that would be ok, but not our tax money with no accountability
i believe you went school during the summer
Mr. Skerrit you are supposed to be a leader and when you get a call like that you call on the appropriate experts in your government to deal with it. A good leader knows how to delegate and to have a structure in place to deal with such matters in a professional manner. And if that structure is not in place, or not functioning it can only be for lack of competent leadership. You are not personally reponsible but what we are seeing here is that you can not resist the temptation to portray yourself as a saviour, a benefactor so that you can glory in the admiration of the beneficiaries. You are running this little country like a personal fiefdom, not allowing the people who report to you to employ their considerable skills and talents to the full and let them shine.Bbelieve me, there is no greater motivator and appreciation. You know this only too well as you crave this more than anybody else.. It does not go unnoticed, here and abroad that when you talk about Dominica’s achievements they are always expressed in the personal form: “Me. and I”. Please, Mr. kerritt, let go and people will genuinely love you more for it.
Keep on crying Roosevelt. You better get used to crying because………….
“Prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has once again come to the defense of the public support program which is being operated from his office.”
Operated out of his office eh. Where is the Ministry of Social Development and Welfare? In Roosevelt’s office also?
and which office? the one in V/Case
You should be happy you have a PM you can have personal access to. How many countries have that? !! Stop being ungrateful and appreciate what you have.
OFC there is no other country like that, because in other countries people elect gov to help push the country, ensuring export of some kind so people can be dependent on themselves but in DA, the PM does nothing whatsoever to change the status of the economy….Dominica has nothing and I mean nothing being exported to bring foreign exchange into the country….and dont you dare say “well tourism” because tourism in Dominica is nothing short of joke…..cruise tourism is what you all have and is considered the worst of the worst form of tourism in reference to the environment and economy. This PM has the saviour syndrome in which he will give such access so you all will be ever so grateful and loyal.
Maria if all black people had your mentality we would be still cutting sugarcane on the estates and getting whipped everyday. If skeritt cares he can use his own funds and shelter the many homeless in his mansion. It is fine if he use his own funds. If its tax payers money it goes through welfare department and allocated in the annual budget. The use of the poor and weak for personal and political aspirations is nothing but parasitism