Both major political parties on the island say they will be launching their manifestos in the run up to general election slated for December 8.
The ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) will be launching its manifesto to the public in Trafalgar on Thursday evening, while the opposition United Workers Party say its launch will take place on the week of November 24.
Prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, said at the launch of the DLP’s campaign last weekend that his party’s manifesto contained “well thought-out plans and ideas for which funding has been secured.”
He said the DLP is the only party with “fully printed and readily 2014 manifesto” just four days after general election was announced.
“I could put it on the screen and talk about its contents tonight, but I am going to leave that until next Thursday,” he stated.
Meanwhile leader of the UWP, Lennox Linton said the party’s manifesto will be launched at least 10 days before the December 8 poll.
He said at a press conference on Wednesday the decision to launch the manifesto at that time was deliberate judgement of the party’s strategy team.
“Our manifesto is going to be launched in the week of November 24th and it will be launched at the very least 10 days before the election date,” he said. “That is our plan. That is how we are contesting this election. We have to decide for timing for this, and timing for that. And in the deliberate judgement and thinking of our strategy team the best time for the launch of our manifesto is during the week of the 24th of November, 2014.”
It is obvious that DLP will launch their manifesto first as they knew when election was being called. lol. why is that a brainer for some people (I mean for labourites)? stop being senseless and superficial. With all that said, however, 10 days are too short a time for reviewing a manifesto.
God bless Dominica.
The D L P IS running an obselete campaign this a new dispensation.
labourites really are not smart people ,no wonder skeritt have you all like that ,and he tought lennox is as foolish as him ,but no , lennox is wiser
For the past year ,everything lennox and UWP say they were going to do ,this is what the labour party did ,But not this time ,Bring your manifesto first ,stop stealing people thoughts ,Uwp will not be fooled this time ,
Lets see if is really true ,your manifesto is ready ,when we see it ,then team DOMINICA will come through,cause i doubt dlp manifesto is ready at all ,
Skeritt tricks will soon come to an end ,for change is comming
Workers under Lennox Linton is known for plagerism and so they are waiting for labour party manifesto so they could plagerize. no ideas and plans just copy cats .
vote labour the party with the vision for the country moving forward
Stop politics, do u need a manifesto to vote. We going to mive Dominica forward, change is a must. Stop talking about lennox Linton plagiarizing, cause the pm did it to.
10 days to present your development plan to the nation? What an insult and disrespectful bunch of guys… So it leave the nation very little time to constructively critic this manifesto. Be bold, be brave and show up what your’e made off… metal or plastic!!!!
linton playing smart, he just want to copy on the labour manifesto. you can really see that they were not ready. they were saying, call it nah. and just before the election day you want to lunch yours,you are really out of touch
WOW!!UNBELIEVABLE!!. This so called Leader is a poor organizer and planner. He lacks vision and foresight. He just not to lead.
The UWP is in trouble. Mr. Linton has been consistently demonstrating poor LEADERSHIP qualities. Clearly he is not prepared and ready for effective-laser- focus leadership.
Poor choice for leader of a political organization.
What do you really know about leadership?
Manifesto means nothing especially where Skerrit and the DLP are concerned. Did he not present a manifesto in 2005? After five years in office how many things from his manifesto that materialized? What from the 2009 manifesto that manifested? The things he accomplished were not in his manifesto. I mean on what page of his manifesto can we find the following:
1.After 10 yrs in power he would become the richest Caribbean politician that ever lived?
2.Did he ever tell us he would be the owner of villas, hotels, and other undisclosed businesses?
3.Did he ever tell us he would sell diplomatic passports to criminals all over the world?
4. On what page did he tell us that he would step out to facilitate his deputy to sign and issue licensed to big bang?
5. Where did he tell us that they would not push to to ensure the persons involved in the burning of GON Emmanuel’s house on Christmas of 2010, and the attempted murder of Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel in the same fire bomb?
Based on all of the above and many, many, many more reasons, manifesto is just another waste of money by skerrit.
y’all must really stop it. the man is far from being the richest PM.
Same old margee and makakwe nothing has changed. How on earth are the electorates suppose to take this bunch of misfits seriously.
Manifesto coming out first do not min a thing, what make sence is sticking to the plans of it. But i must say good by skerro
Did you mean ‘mean’ and not ‘min’
Once again Skeritt amazes me by his public utterances. The man appears to be in a state of political desperation. Does he really believe by launching his manifesto first will cause him to win the elections. If we have to go by the promises made in the manifesto of 2009, . many promises were not kept, therefore, launching it now or never will not make any difference. The election is already won by UWP Team Dominica. I say this with full authority when I saw the thousands of Dominicans that were at New Town and the statements made by Skeritt at Wesley.
doc love when i saw the crowd i couldnt belive it!!!. They make us to belive there are no uwp’s but their tongue stayed behind their teeth last weekend. Manifesto means nothing. UWP all the way..The team with the plans and I mean ‘plans’..
Doc. love your a joker man? Csstle Bruce had more people than Newton. Allu like drowning fellas grabbing on to straws. Come election day allu must go mad
uwp manifesto is not ready as yet that is why it cannot be launched yet, las marti.
TEAM douncimica was able to lunch and not launch 12 out of their so called 21 candidates at newtown on Sunday…..what happened to the other 10.
we the people look 4ward to UPees grand woMANIFESTO in marrygot on the sunday before the last.
12+10 = 22 Oh our education system
allu bBrokebrokes… I hope is not on line
that’s very late!! it seems that you were caught unaware.
Once again the DLP has shown that it is an organized Party. UWP has been calling for elections for quite some time, yet, they are limited in campaign funds, they will be presenting their manifesto a mere two weeks prior to the Elections, failing to give the undecided voters ample time to analyze their plans. Instability to the highest degree! UWP, please step aside! DLP, all the way!
Then man relatives still sending money to print that manifesto.. What deliberate strategy, bla bla.. Nous pas sort!
What Lennox ten (10) days so you will have little or no time to be challenge by what you and your team proposing! Get real man if you have something of substance to offer then it should be done as early as possible!
One wonder’s what’s all the hoopla of the Roosevelt Skerritt administration about being able to present a manifesto four days after the election date was announced. Any person with an iota of commonsense would understand that is utter nonsense. Skeritt seems to forget that it was only his baby Demetrius and himself who knew the date for elections. That being said, one should ask the question as to what significant impact does a manifesto have on the enhancement of the lives of the people of Dominica? In terms of a political manifesto, all it is is a published verbal declaration of the intention, motives, or views of the respective political parties. Among some of the things that a manifesto does, is that it promotes new ideas with prescriptive notions of carrying out changes the political party believes to be made.
The government in power has been presenting manifestos to the people of Dominica for the past three general elections, and we realize that at the end of each five year term the content of the manifestos were never accomplished, and the economy of the country has worsened, but for a few who have enriched themselves. The majority of the electorate won’t read, digest, and understand the content of those manifestos. In my view the electorate of Dominica will be better served if the message of development is taken to the nooks and cranny of the country. In my view an open debate between the leading political parties would be more beneficial to the average Dominican that the presentation of manifestos that are not worth the paper they are printed on for the most part.
Andy, I disagree.
Of course you are free to express your opinion about whether or not the promises in the Manifestos over the last fifteen years or I daresay those of preceding governments were kept, but I do not agree that a manifesto is a waste of time.
That document, to my mind, is or should be a coherent articulation and bringing together of the various policy statements which have been made by the parties, (some of which sometimes contradict each other) in a clear plan for the development of the country in the short, medium and long term. It should also give some indication as to how the plan will be funded and implemented so that voters can decide on which plan is more realistic and achievable. It is also a yardstick by which to measure the progress of implementation and to hold the presenters of the manifestos accountable if they get into office.
A debate is also good, of course except that very similar to a job interview, not everyone who can shoot off the right responses eloquently can necessarily actually perform when given the job, so neither is fool proof but the manifesto is a more tangible and coherent presentation of plans and policies.
I watched a debate between the US Presidential candidates Obama & Romney some years ago, two brilliant men but in one case Romney obviously had a rehearsed answer on a particular subject, no doubt outside his area of expertise, so no matter what question he was asked that response came back over and over again. Eloquent response but not answering the question. Just an observation!
Man just admit that it isnt ready and finish wt that nuh……but we go see…..and i hope its not on the Internet like last time…
