Just over $1-million on UWP election campaign

money launderingPolitical Leader of the United Workers Party, Lennox Linton, said the party spent a little over $1-million to finance its campaign during the general election held in December 2014.

He made the statement at a UWP delegates’ conference held in Salisbury on Saturday.

“Your United Workers Party spent $1,212,612 on election campaign,” he told delegates.

Linton noted that the party raised $1,046,673 for the campaign and is now in deficit of $165,939.

“We still owe people,” he said.

He stated that the UWP is satisfied that it was “out spent” during the election campaign.

The other major party in the election, the Dominica Labour Party (DLP), has not revealed its expenditure for the campaign.

There are rumors that the DLP spent $32-million but this has not been confirmed by the party.

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73 Comments

  1. Passiance
    March 8, 2015

    Denzil Douglas spent more than the opposition and lost. It is not only money that does the trick. Personalities count.

  2. CONTINUE TO PRAY
    March 8, 2015

    The parties are supposed to disclose their financial activites for the past election, they are supposed to disclose who and where the fundings came from.
    Base on the majority of the comments to this post in is obvious that Dominica will never improve because the citizens are showing how ignorant and stupid they are.

    Presently one hospital is closed and another is at risk of closing because of termites and now bed bug infestation and the government spent in excess of $32 million dollars on campaign while the health and well being of the citizens of Dominica is in jeopardy! People when are you going to wake up? We are all in this together, be it red, blue, yellow or green. You all are behaving as if Lennox is the problem, he is not! Take a good look at the country and ask you selves a question.

    Lennox is the messenger, don’t hate him for opening the eyes of the nation to the corrupt actions of the government, if you fail to open your eyes, you all deserve what you get.

  3. Open Mind
    March 7, 2015

    Labour party supporters can really display ignorance, nothing of substance to write.I’ve never reasoned with a skeritt supporter who makes sense.It’s either they are living in ignorance, dishonest, lazy and begging.Some really shameless people.

  4. March 7, 2015

    32 million from one. 1 million from the other..for votes..
    Do any of you have anything left ???
    You’ll were not aware that there was a bedbug pandemic at the PMH…
    What a shame….

  5. Tell it Like it Is
    March 6, 2015

    Lennox, take a leaf from Joshua´s book and read it! Joshua has just shown you what leadership is all about. I must say I respect this young man and I hope in due course he will be the leader of the UWP and the next Prime Minister of Dominica after Roosevelt Skerrit departs. You Lennox, you are definitely not Prime Minister material. Who vex about my comment, it´s really too bad because it´s the true.

    • True
      March 6, 2015

      @ Tell t Like i is . The Leader, reported to his delegates and other supporters of the UWP how much was spent on campaign which was very honest and his supporters wanted to know, unlike all you leader that will never tell l to all you . He said it at a private function , now it made news , so what ? that had nothing to do with him or the party . All you labourites seem to hate Mr Linton so much that all you cannot even understand an article or a report or accept his honesty, Damn man, give the blasted man his praises. What make all you think the UWP has not moved on, just because they do not accept all you Labourites bull does not mean they have not moved on.

    • Views Expressed
      March 7, 2015

      You just telling it like it is……but what is your point….making a noise and a call a point is not quality debate……..what exactly are you trying ot say.
      The UWP from day one of Lennox`s election as Leader is promoting Team Dominica, a Team thing NOT an individual thing. Where you think you are nuh, ?????? In the corrupted lead Labour party.
      Joshua and the team are new and young in this thing, they have to learn, experience, mature and ready to clean up the mess led by Skerrit and the DLP bandits…
      I am proud to be associated to the clean, democratic, decent UWP and happy to ran away from the corrupt DLP

  6. The Facts
    March 5, 2015

    As was stated in an old movie, “Gone with the Wind” which is occasionally re-played. A great movie too. Clarke Gable said to Charlotte (?), “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” :lol: For myself, I really do not care.
    Election took place on December 8th and is long gone. Yet, the debate pro and con continues. When will some of you ever get over it? Until next election? What a waste of your God-given precious allotted time. It is time to cease living in the past and to move on.
    Who really cares how much money was spent during the election campaign? Who has been negatively affected by the funds which were spent? The money was spent and it is finished. You cannot bring it back.
    As for Linton, that much money for just driving around and campaigning and only six seats? What a waste of money!

    • March 6, 2015

      How about the Labor Party that spent $32m and LOST 3 SEATS????????

  7. March 5, 2015

    Why dont Dominicans never talk about taking care of self by opening chicken farms selling water to other island every thing is about politics, do we have the brains to do any thing else

    • Views Expressed
      March 7, 2015

      Because the system of governance in Dominica under the Skerrit leads DLP government is corrupt, mature, cannot be trusted……..Rather than focus on what you suggest they engage in passport sales, Haitian visa bobol etc……
      The system is rotten

    • Titiwi
      March 9, 2015

      Jack, the govt. makes little or no money from chicken farms.Profits from farming & fishing are tax exempt and because the way produce is sold locally the vat they collect is very limited. They prefer us to import so they can collect high import duties and vat at the port.

      • Titiwi
        March 9, 2015

        PS. Jack, let me tell you. Even bottled water imported from Trinidad is cheaper than our own. For a start our cost of electricity and packaging (plastic bottles that we have to import empty) is far too high.

  8. March 5, 2015

    Now election is over the uwp must set factories like selling water to other island planting coffee and cocoa, give people employment and stop talking nonesense. We need a chicken farm.

    • JoJo
      March 5, 2015

      Jack, we do have chicken farms. I only buy and certainly would not buy imported chicken but the truth is that locally produced chicken costs more than imported chicken. I don’t mind paying the extra because the local chicken is definitely better but a lot of people can not afford that.

      • JoJo
        March 6, 2015

        PS. Meant to say: I only buy locally.

    • george Fontaine
      March 7, 2015

      You are a real Jack! Why would a political party be involved in the private sector? They belong to the public sector, you Jack….

  9. My View
    March 5, 2015

    Congrats Mr. Linton and the rest of UWP for a job well done. If the elections were FREE and FAIR you would have one it hands down with just over $1 million. That is remarkable compared to over $30 mill spent by Skerrit and the DLP.. It shows that Dominicans are waking up.
    Next elections Skerrit will SUFFER A WORST DEFEAT than Denzel Douglas….
    YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME TIMES….. BUT YOU CANNOT FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME

    • Bagaila Bande
      March 5, 2015

      So who is going to vote those broke a** individuals to political office?

      • george Fontaine
        March 7, 2015

        So, if you consider the other side rich, were they rich she. They entered politics? They were not broke….they were penniless…

  10. Peter Potter
    March 5, 2015

    Now DLP make your figures public. Wishful thinking I guess!

    • Anonymous
      March 6, 2015

      Prior to this post the UWP had always tried to cause persons to think that it was not into spending money on elections and the DLP was corrupt for doing so. Now they’re singing a different song………….SMH

  11. Hemm
    March 5, 2015

    All that talk shop need to stop. Move on Lennox. Watch it Mr. Francis is Deputy. Who knows what will happen next 5years. Take a leaf from Mr, Francis move on be humble and lead! Lead!lead.

  12. oh ho
    March 5, 2015

    he only needs to spend 2million to win 6 almost 7 seats @ 1million
    with 2 million he can get 12 seats or 14

  13. Sout Man
    March 5, 2015

    ‘m glad that Mr. Linton is now elected to parliament to do what he does best; to talk. In November 2014 he predicted a 15 seat victory for the UWP based on his party’s internal scientific poll. He was wrong. He spoke of investors ready to move in as soon as he becomes PM, yet, they didn’t fund his campaign. He spoke of fiscal responsibility, yet his campaign failed to live within their budget and now have about 14% deficit. He and his entourage went all over the world courting Dominicans in the diaspora, yet they blame the diaspora among other reasons for their defeat.

    UWP and their supporters have failed to recognize the level of disrespect with which they treat fellow Dominicans on this medium, alone. The “Dumbinacan and idiots” are the very same ones you want to change their party allegiance and financial support. Thumbs up/down has become partisan and not based on truth and logic. For instance, UWP had a voters list of 63 000 in 2000 elections and did nothing about it…

    • True
      March 5, 2015

      I am not going to say much , but i am just going to give you one example because i realize you are a brainless labourite which is typical of all you . Does the bank give you a loan base on the promise that you will find a job to pay back ? the answer is no . They give you a loan if you have a job and able to repay the loan. So do you expect Linton to get investors to come to Dominica if he is in the opposition ?

      • Sout Man
        March 6, 2015

        I may be brainless but you did not understand what you read. Calm down and read again before you get a seizure. Just admit that those who claimed to have international contacts failed to come through for the UWP. Today, they are elected international secretary of the UWP to give them an excuse to reside overseas while collecting a salary from malaway in Dominica. But “we watching them”.

      • T
        March 9, 2015

        Sout Man, you still don’t get it into your skull that Linton spent far less than Skerrit to take three seats of him. So who is the loser?

  14. jodi
    March 5, 2015

    Just a matter of time to get dirty that’s the game he’s in already!!! The honest automatically becomes dishonest that’s the political game!! They got their personal banking elsewhere!!! Allll of them!!!!

  15. lin
    March 5, 2015

    lol,uwp spend money,i thought they spend nothing at all.i guess they spend what they were capable of raising,and labour spend what they were capable of spending.

  16. Truth and Justice
    March 5, 2015

    thank yout to the UWP for showing us that electins do not have to bebought. an honest election doesnot hve to be bought. Yes dispite the 30 million spent by the DLP and all the razmataz, they lost the intelligent votes of roseau wher peoplelook at issues,not bribery. The fight for a noble Dominica is not over until we educate all the people of Dominica to rcognise what real government is about.

    • Fedup
      March 6, 2015

      You mean the vagrant and paro votes in Roseau??? Certainly not intelligence!!!

      • Titiwi
        March 7, 2015

        Didn’t Ambrose, Alo and Tim-Tim vote in Roseau?

  17. AA
    March 5, 2015

    So DLP spent $2.1 million to win a sit whilst UWP spent 200 thousand, Wow shows efficiency and who would win at all cost. Now NEP is no more, red clinic is no more, and more high paying jobs for the boys. Are they going to give the former minister a diplomatic passport? Have the former minister traveled since being out of office?

    • A Doubting Thomas
      March 7, 2015

      I am the Doubting Thomas, so can we see the UWP Financial Statement? And if their figures are right; why did they get so little funding? Seems to me investors had little confidence in the UWP. Who can blame them? Can you imagine if the DLP had to lose? Crapaud would have smoked our pipe.

      By the UWP own analysis people had more confidence in the DLP so they gave them the money they needed to put a good campaign. The same people could have given UWP money, but did they trust the UWP? A bug fat no!! And the UWP must ask themselves why?

      • Titiwi
        March 9, 2015

        Doubting Thomas, your name says it all. If all you are concerned about is money, you would never have voted for Jesus Christ, would you?

  18. realist
    March 5, 2015

    good job mr linton. now you know if you had access to more money you would have spent more. thats all you could come up with thats why thats all you spent. you think you smarter than everybody huh lennox?you are no different than skerrit. just let you get into office and people will see the REAL you. you will walk on dominicans with your shades on. i will struggle all my struggle but you and skerrit will never get my vote.you guys will say and do anything to get the power and when you get the power you forget the little people who gave you the power.

    • Rockrr
      March 6, 2015

      Yor tehbe peopele like all you that have the country like that. Skerite spending over 30 million dollars but how much u get to build your house. Dam hars .i sure is in a old plywood house u ataying. Stupid people making politicians get rich and old u dead broke and poor. Dominica have the easiest people to be fooled. Keep voting skerite and make them rich rich rich and all you poor poor poor. Morons.

  19. Zandoli
    March 5, 2015

    If we ever hope to be a mature democracy, we need to have campaign finance laws enacted to track the source of the funds and also these figures must be made public.

  20. grell
    March 5, 2015

    They spent 32 million now the young people are left to suck salt,but thats good for them, good for all you,Skerrit not all you god nuh.

    • DEAL or NO DEAL
      March 5, 2015

      Isn’t Lennox your god?grell :mrgreen:

    • Sout Man
      March 5, 2015

      Change was a must, now it’s all about money and the diaspora. How did money translate into votes? Weren’t they suppose to take the money and vote UWP? Superior ideas and programs were suppose to win. Why wish for evil and misery to possess our youth to make you happy, old fart? Dominica will progress with positive ideas and hard work. Those who wish to see us go down the drain to satisfy their evil and selfishness will not prevail.

  21. tellthemisayso
    March 5, 2015

    please people of dominica and of the Diaspora do not believe a word that comes from the mouth of Lennox Linton do you remember that he said that he’s family in England is financing his campaign and that the villa belong to the Prime Minister which turned out to be a lie.

    • Views Expressed
      March 5, 2015

      I have full confidence in Lenox Linton…I do not Trust Skerrit and the current dressed disguised current bunch of Labourers.

      They are NOT to be trusted

      The UWP won the 2014 elections, the DLP stole it

    • FOUCHET FEUR
      March 5, 2015

      idot, you are truly a foolish. skerrit owns everything linton said he owns

  22. DEAL or NO DEAL
    March 5, 2015

    Who cares? Tell that to your party, the rest of us don’t care. The reason for your spending and arrears is because people outside the region don’t trust you with their monies so they were not interested in helping your campaign.

  23. Not Me Alone
    March 5, 2015

    In a true democracy both parties should be held responsible to tell the nation: 1. How much money they raised 2. How much they spent 3. Where they got money from 4. Bring notarized receipts of every dollar received. 5. Tell us what doners expect to get in return 6. If there is any balance from what wasreceived, we want to know.
    Thanks Lennox and UWP for showing us how honesty and democracy should work. Hope to hear from Skerrit and the DLP soon.

    • Not Me Alone
      March 5, 2015

      Sorry readers I typed “doners” but meant ‘donors.” Hope you get me readers

    • DEAL or NO DEAL
      March 5, 2015

      Tell Lennox and the UWP what to do not Skerrit and the DLP. DLP don’t need your advice.

    • real possie
      March 5, 2015

      @ Not me alone, it is not law to say how much or where your funds came from. Did they show DNO their whole spending bill? in other words he Linton can say that’s how much they spent when it was way more than that, that’s bad reporting by DNO to claim it was said the DLP spent 32 mil, Can L must be the one to write this story did not even ask the DLP.

      ADMIN: If you read the article carefully we said “THERE ARE RUMORS”….we never claimed the DLP spent $32-million. Additionally we said this has not been confirmed by the DLP.

      • real possie
        March 5, 2015

        I wonder if out of that 1 mil cost a few Dominicans their jobs because we heard a water company closed down.

      • da
        March 7, 2015

        yes you said rumors. Good journalism would not mentioned the rumors they would get the information and then mention it. you should have said we are still waiting on the DLP to reveal their amount. pls.

    • Barbara Saunders
      March 5, 2015

      Not me alone

      I agree with your suggested ideal requirements for all parties, that would be great!

      I guess though, that you are satisfied that your six requirements were met in this instance, particularly 3 & 5 so we can now copy how honesty and democracy have been demonstrated.

  24. All Foold Day lies
    March 5, 2015

    “There are rumors that the DLP spent $32-million but this has not been confirmed by the party.”
    DNO how could it be rumours when weeks before the election Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told the nation that they had $30 Million Dollars for an election, when he referred to it as one of “Shock and awe?”
    By the way, we will never know how much DLP spent since it is believed that it is in excess of that $30 Million.

  25. All Foold Day lies
    March 5, 2015

    Mr. Linton, you all are going to have to raise another $35 Million dollars come next election, if UWP is going to form the next government because you know as well as all of us know that election in Dominica is no longer about issues, vision, honesty or progress. It is based on how much money you have to buy votes, how corrupt you are, and how many lies and empty promises you can make even to the point of promising people tablets in January 2014, when they knew we were in December 2014. I think this current UWP is too honest and unless they get nasty and dirty like the DLP, it’s going to be hard to win because you know we are DOM-IN- CANS

    • oh ho
      March 5, 2015

      he only needs to spend 2million to win 6 almost 7 seats @ 1million
      with 2 million he can get 12 seats or 14

    • MY 2cents
      March 6, 2015

      You are a joker man? You telling that to the UWP who are the ones that introduce that kind of politics to Dominica. They know about that buying of votes, flying in of voters and all kind of corruption wayyy to well already. That’s how they won in 1995. But was the worst government Dominica has every had that’s why they only lasted ONE term.

  26. boom bam bam
    March 5, 2015

    seriously..who cares..aint no body need to know y’all business! stop putting s… out dere in hopes that Labour party will do the same…pfff!…

    • Cookie
      March 5, 2015

      Agreed!!! seriously no one cares about all that stuff…. election/campaign is over but lennox cant seem to get over it… #soannoying

      • Titiwi
        March 5, 2015

        Cookie, you make me laugh. the very fact that you are commenting like this and are annoyed confirms to me that the election is far from over. 8 Dec. was only the first battle of a long campaign. Skerrit knows that but he blew all his ammo in one go.

      • Charlie
        March 5, 2015

        Think you both missed the message here….

  27. Tou twelle
    March 5, 2015

    I believe that was money well spent. Change is still a must. The message must never stop. The process is slow….. but soon the masses will know.
    We must not give up…….. One day we will reach the top
    But majority have to realize that
    hard work in necessary
    for us all to share the ultimate prize

    • MY 2cents
      March 6, 2015

      I all for a change. But i want it to be a change for the better. Not that nonsense UWP i seeing there now.

  28. Doc. Love
    March 5, 2015

    If I was to be reincarnated, I would like to come back like Hon. Lennox Linton. Despite all Dr. Philbert Aaron and his wife Kamala have to say about Hon. Linton’s lack of education or his leadership qualities, he has proven to be honest, transparent and always ready and willing to speak to the press, either through an interview or press conference, unlike Skeritt with all his so called education and leadership qualities. The media must now ask Skeritt to disclose the expenditure in terms of the amount of money the DLP spent during the last general election.

    • Tou twelle
      March 5, 2015

      One on one….. he will say what he has already said…. Is none of your damn business. But genuine people must continue to do what they have to do!!!! One day things we pray to happen will happen without even we…. realizing it.

    • DEAL or NO DEAL
      March 5, 2015

      It’s none of you ALL damn business where DLP get it’s money . Is not Tax Payers money for sure. Skerrit knows people that know people. Who does Lennox know?

      • Worldly
        March 5, 2015

        Ignorance…I would love some dominicans to get out there in the real world and then take a look at what’s going on is the country before they make such ignorant comments.

      • Deal or No Deal
        March 6, 2015

        @worldly did u know that is Lennox who manufactures ignorance and spreads it out arrogantly?

    • MY 2cents
      March 6, 2015

      Doc. Love don’t embarrass yourself and say you want to be mister. You obviously don’t know the real Lennox and just going by the fake smart mouth con artist you hear talking.

    • george Fontaine
      March 7, 2015

      What makes the ambassador and his wife any more educated than the Hon. Lennox Linton? Could it be that PhD? How many people know PhD in what…Tell us and expose your stupidity because PhD is in one area, just one…Linton has demonstrated over and over again his superior knowledge and has commanded 48.76% of the national vote…Beware, you blind people, blinded by the myth of a PhD who is a whorshipper of a man guided by a bajan drop out.

  29. Titiwi
    March 5, 2015

    They doubled their seats despite that and Skerrit lose three despite spending $32 million? Well Team Dominica, you can run our economy any time. You will sure save us money..

    • The truth
      March 5, 2015

      That makes sense but it can also be said that they didn’t have the ability to raise enough money to run a prpoer campaign

      • george Fontaine
        March 7, 2015

        They raised a reasonable amount over a million dollars…It is the undisclosed amount with l these mega performing artists that’s ridiculously crazy for such a small economy and to get only 49.9% of the popular vote…The DLP is sinking and you are the last to know.

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