Chief of Mission of an American Organization States (OAS) Observer Team to Dominica, Adam Blackwell, said despite numerous recommendations, and in some cases repetitions from a 2009 mission, the general election held here on Monday was free and fair.
“Yes I think there were free and fair elections,” he said during a press conference at The Vault at the Fort Young Hotel on Tuesday morning.
According to him based on information gathered, the team found several recommendations “which aim to improve future electoral processes in Dominica.”
They include the size of the voters’ list, electoral reform, campaign financing and women in politics.
According to Blackwell, among concerns highlighted by “different actors” was the number of people registered on the voters’ list which, he said, exceeds the country’s population.
“While there are currently 72,484 registered voters, the country’s population is 71,293 according to the 2011 consensus,” he stated. “Although the law provides for the list to be reviewed, some of the mechanisms used for this purpose were not effectively enforced, raising doubts about the total number of citizens who are duly registered and eligible to vote.”
In light of this, he “once again” recommended that the voter registry be reviewed and updated according to the provisions established by the electoral laws to ensure that the electors on the list are only those eligible to vote.
The implementation of voter identification systems and campaign financing laws are other areas that needs attention, Blackwell informed.
“All actors with whom the Mission met indicated that campaigns have become increasingly expensive,” he said. “Claims were also received regarding the potential use of state resources for electoral campaigns, leading to suggestions of an ‘uneven playing field’ among political contenders. The OAS/EOM takes note that Dominica does not have campaign financing laws and reiterates the need to consider legislation on political campaign financing. This will represent a significant step to ensuring equity and transparency in the electoral process. The OAS has advocated for campaign financing regulation in all member states including those in the Caribbean. In 2010 the Organization presented a model law, which could be used as a starting point for this process.”
He said “insufficient action” has been taken to address these concerns despite the OAS’ recommendations following the 2009 general election. He is calling for these matters to be addressed before the next general election is due.
Another area which needs addressing is women in the political process and the number and boundaries of constituencies, which Blackwell said, need to be reviewed to ensure equal representation of the electorate.
The team is recommending that political parties consider initiatives to include training programs and awareness raising campaigns, geared towards enhancing leadership roles of women in politics.
Out of the 21 seats in the house of assembly, women hold only three.
“The OAS re-emphasizes the importance of considering these recommendations before the next electoral cycle,” he opined.
Blackwell said that he would be “very frustrated,” and “disappointed” if 10 or 20 years down the line, the OAS is making the same recommendations.
“I will be very frustrated and I will be very disappointed,” he stated. “Because I love this island, this is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I think that this is a small country with limited resources and we need to work together to make it happen.”
He noted that the OAS has offered and are still offering technical assistance to ensure that the recommendations made are brought to fruition.
Blackwell mentioned that there was a lot of competition during the election but said it was disciplined with no violence and undue pressure on voters. He stated the polling stations opened on time, were adequately staffed and fully equipped with all the materials required for the election.
He highlighted the professional and deliberate conduct of the poll workers who, he said, were very well trained and facilitated the voting process for the electorate. He also commended voters for their calm and patient commitment to vote and the introduction of the translucent ballot boxes and additional security measures at the polling stations.
The team, composed of observers from Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Chile, the United States and Venezuela, arrived in the country on December 3 and met with representatives of both political parties, government officials, media and social organizations.
“While there are currently 72,484 registered voters, the country’s population is 71,293 according to the 2011 consensus” MAGWAY SAH! COME ON NOW!
These people were paid off by the PM dirty crates
This is my letter to the OAS, Send yours
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation
1889 F St., N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20006
E-mail: [email protected]
Teléfono: (202) 370-4526
Fax: (202) 458-6250
I have supported my country for years from overseas despite the opposition of the Skeritt government . I did not come down and vote for UWP because it would be the wrong thing to do since I dont reside in Dominica. I dont think you all understand what you have done to the Dominican people . Skeritt is a dictator at heart and has said that the Dominica people are too free. He has aligned him self with Castro, Chavez and China, that says its all. He has killed every industry in Dominica and the Dominica people are begging for handouts instead of builidng agriculture, fisheries, technology etc. You were either fooled or bribed while you were in Dominica. I say shame on you for what you have done. Dr. Fontaine won his seat in Grand Fond and Skeritt is scared on having him in the parliament – a person very knowledgeable on finance to keep him in check. . They want to keep our people drunk and uneducated. A government that built a 27 million palace instead of a new hospital, a government that built a stadium instead of a state of the art library for the future of the children. You say ” Fair”? May you not sleep at night from now on- the blood of the children of Dominica are on your hands. The UWP had the best line up of intellects to move this country forward in the history of Dominica and you watched as Skeritt stole the election. I will be spending my own money to expose the OAS and the countless people who landed in Dominica to vote and fly back the next day.
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IT WAS NOT NOT FREE AND FAIR…….nonsense…..sooooo much was wrong..
According to the UN, I have the right to voice my concern regarding any political party of my choice. Therefore, NO CIRCULAR from the public service shall infringe on my right to do so.
http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/headline-Commentary%3A-The-electoral-system-in-the-Caribbean%3A-Reform-please!-22923.html
“It follows that if citizens are not allowed free access to information and ideas, then they are robbed of their individual rights and dignity. The current dictatorial actions that now silences ‘open debate’ and free expression on the Caribbean island of Dominica transgresses the United Nations human rights declaration treaty resolution 59(I) stating “Freedom of information and expression is a fundamental human right and … the touchstone of all the freedoms to which the United Nations is consecrated.”
Labour!!!! five more years
who vex loss
How could it be free and fair if the voters list is greater than the population. And note we haven’t even factor in the fact that about 30000 of the population is under the age of 18. All this say is that roughly 40000 people who voted, may not have been illegible to vote. Or they flew in to vote which I doubt. They should have rectify that list before election were allowed to be held.
What else would you expect from these OAS evaluators. Who do they work for?
BEB, sometimes one should know when to be brief, and when to go into it extensively. I thought it would be a waste of time to respond to that clown who is trying to impress Dominicans that the election was fair. That guy is not a Dominican, he has no idea of what goes one in the country, behind the scene, I thought I should not dignify his stupidity!
For all we know he may have taken a bribe to talk the garbage he has spoken.
If he was expecting to see people accepting bribe at the poling stations, only a fool would anticipate that; that idiot, has no concept of how devious, and cynical the politicians in Dominica are! Think of it this way its like Skerrit going to China, and the Chines gives him a tour of the country, where life appears normal, but in reality the ordinary people are living in a burning hell; where workers are locked behind close doors and forced to work for long hours, and if they fail to produce a certain amount of work within a certain amount of time they are physically beaten; whipped like children; he is never shown the modern day slaves of China.
That is why he suggests Dominicans adapt the work habit of the Chines, and quoted he is the only Prime Minister in the Caribbean; as he boasted have accepted the “one China policy.” or principal. Skerrit is in a habit of bring people into our country who talks down at our people as to say you are all idiots, my words are golden, and is the final word, take it or leave it.
Righteous: I am not privy to all the information in regards to how the votes was shared, nevertheless, if you wish to know if the voting list is accurate, all you have to do is count the number of people who voted in each constituency, add them together, I am sure you will find that less than (<) and I mean far less than forty-five thousand people voted yesterday; and that will give you an idea as whether the voting list is accurate.
Surely, there are more than seventy-five thousand born Dominicans; nevertheless there are far less (), grater than twenty-five thousand Dominicans are residing there. To be frank i f five years ago less than forty thousand people voted, how come today there are seventy-four (74,000) plus registered voters on the island, that is absurd, and outright impossible, people leave Dominica in groves, we do not return when we leave, and if even thirty-five thousand children were born between the last election, five years ago, and yesterday, some would be five years old, and less!
Finally, Zuma, I am a politician by nature you see, my grandmother before may played politics, way back in the days of Marcus Garvy! She and her sister, the grandmother of my cousin Lois Robinson some of may know dabbled in politics long before I was born, and if is one thing I learnt a long time ago, no one can actually predict the outcome of an election, so you roll with the punches, when your wins enjoy it, when you loose there is nothing to feel sad about, because every politician knows they come and go disappearing into oblivion. I have no sour-grape; you know why? Okay since you do not know I will tell you, no matter what happens in Dominica politically, will never have any effect on me, because I do not depend on politics for my survival, nevertheless, I feel sorry for people like you in Dominica who live day to day suffering whiles the politicians live in comfort. Look at it this way any one man who has sixty million dollars to spend on bribing people must be a very rich man. Our Prime Minister is less than fifty years old, they say he is the richest Prime Minister in the Caribbean, have you ever wondered where he got his millions from?
I worth several millions in Real Estate, but I am not looking over my shoulders, you Invested, and living happy, and is accountable to no one, as long as I pay my taxes on my investments.
Got to go BEB, I am called to eat my dinner before it gets cold oui! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhh! (Not Edited).
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Pleasse file your dissatisfaction by emailing the OAS at [email protected] . If you know names of ppl who were bribed list that in your email. This does not end. Lets flood the OAS with our cry of injustice that they helped bring upon our people.
( ADMIN STOP DELETING MY POST – HAS THE DICTATORSHIP BEGAN ?)
Dominica is probably the worst island in the Caribbean……..red clinic for 5 more years and that is what the lazy people like….. it’s so good to work hard for what you need and want……the prime minister spoiling the country….anyway elections has passed we shall see what will happens and the very same ones who screaming they love their pm will cry ……time longer than rope so…..good luck to the people of Dominica…..
To all Dominicans this election has come and gone. It is now time for us to come together for a better dominica.THe divicivness should now end.i pray we support the UWP in ensuring that the recommendations that were maid are met before the next general election.
The process of change is not for the swift but for those who can endure.keep your head up.lets rebuild ,re-strategies and win the next general election.
Peace and prosperity to all dominicans.
email sent to OAS
[email protected]
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a resident of the Commonwealth of Dominica and am writing to register my disgust over the report that was issued by the OAS Observer Mission which were here to observe our Elections which took place yesterday.
The Observers have issued their report stating that the elections were Free and Fair and they then went on to make recommendations . Interestingly, these recommendations for the most part were the same that were made by your observers during the 2009 elections. None of those recommendations were implemented then, and probably will not be now.
The elections of December 8, 2014 were
NOT FREE AND FAIR
*The voters list has not been cleansed
*No voter ID cards were issued
*Hundreds of voters, (many of whom were not eligible according to Dominica voting laws) were flown in from the US mainland, USVI and neighboring islands including Antigua and Guadeloupe with tickets alleged to have been paid for by the government of Dominica.
*The number of ‘registered’ voters is greater than the actual population of this small country.
*All of this information was provided to your observers.
It is unbelievable that these observers have come to their conclusion of Free and Fair elections in the Commonwealth of Dominica having been informed of what is really going on here.
Sincerely,
To all Dominicans this election has come and gone. It is now time for us to come together for a better dominica.THe divicivness should now end.i pray we support the UWP in ensuring that the recommendations that were made are met before the next general election.
The process of change is not for the swift but for those who can endure.keep your head up.lets rebuild ,re-strategies and win the next general election.
Peace and prosperity to all dominicans.
Maybe they drank his cool-aid. Or maybe they were given campaign money to not take a strong stance to what is going on in this little developing dictatorship
wise woman you think you to damm wise,my question to you and all that has suffered the table turned,what makes you all so sure that the all the diasporians voted for the labour government?
Even if they did not vote Labor, they were BRIBED, they were paid to come down.
That is wrong.
Well done WiseWoman for writing such a coherent and precise email. I feel that we need to mobilize everyone who felt it was unfair, to bombard their offices with our emails and state the contradictions of the statements made by the OAS. Lets make this viral
Yes, I sent my email too. Lets bombard them and let them know we take this seriously.
Voters were also flew in by the United Workers Party from the same counries you listed on your post….this has been happening for years by all parties involved. We have to be fair and unbiased, if the UWP had won this election, you would be happy and would not be writing this post or letter to the OAS, would you?
UWP did not fly any voters here. Thats how it is with you all, say and do what you all want.
After this disgusting report from the OAS – we can never believe anything these people report. They have lied , they are lying and will continue to lie.
OAS – you should stop wasting money – you are not allowed to monitor election anywhere . Your reports are false and full of crap. I guess if we (black people) were fighting each other, then election would be clean and fair. But we showed you that in t he face of corruption we (Dominicans) are very civil people. Are you only observing our behaviour and leave the rest alone?
You are to stop this…..
These OAS people are a facilitator of corruption and law breaking in elections. Their role is to validate wrong doing. Thats why they were brought here at the eleventh hour.
I do not have any respect for these people. They should not come back to my country. They are a waste of time and tax payers’ money
It is truly amazing, after all what Mr. Blackwell has said, he still believes the election was free and fair. Maybe the election was free but it could not have been fair. Let us forget the numerous complaints that were made by Dominican voters. Their were simple recommendations that were made five years ago, to which he had agreed, was never implemented, therefore, how can the election be free and fair. But again, those kind of organization are always careful as regards their comments. Mr. Blackwell could have seen discrepancies highlighted as large as the moon, he would find some kind of diplomatic way to disseminate the information. Calling a spade or space could expose him as being someone who is trying to violate our national sovereignty, especially if a Prime Minister is the culprit.
If you want to complain i found out you can email………[email protected] and make your complaint. I am sure that for every one person who bothers, there are ten more put there who feel the same as you do but are too lazy ……..
Now that the so called election is over we need to start to think of ways of moving this country forward and here are some of my humble recommendations: 1. A small island like Dominica has too many constituencies which will cause us to have too many ministers to pay. Here is how we solve this problem: We need to merge constituencies like Grand bay, Petite Savanne, Portsmouth, Paix Bouche and to a lesser extent Cottage into one big constituency and call them The Grave Constituency, since these constituencies will always vote labor and do not care about progress. By this we would cut 4 constituencies and that would reduce us to 17 competitive constituencies. It makes no sense, and really hurts our country to have 5 constituencies that are just pure blind and anti progress
So all fools or Mr Fool… what about Merging Marigot and Wesley……And Have One Roseau instead of Roseau north south and central…would that help u such an idiot
You are the fool because you have projected your prejudice against those people. You call them blind? Do you think this is fair to them? Your words will fall on deaf ears because they are, I reiterate, discriminatory and not feasible. In other words, they are worth nothing.
To ll Fools,
We in Portsmouth voting Labour again. Whether sun or rain Tsunami we voting labour again. Who vex lost and burst we voitng labour again. Five more years and we shall not be moved.
Sorry for your ignorance
The general election is gone until five (5) years from now.(GOOD AND EVIL)You
are contradicting yourself.Your granny died in 2000 and her name is still on the voters list.DID YOU VOTE FOR YOUR GRANNY? If her name is on the voters list, it is your responsibility to have her name taken out of the list.
What happened to Dominicans ? Sitting idly …….What happen to protest and uprising….It does not bother me ..I am staying a way from Dominica….Leave these DLP ppl in their nonsense – all illiterate ( I LOVE MY PM – WHILE SITTING BY THE ROADSIDE DRINKING RUM ) –
I voted in favour of the Dominica Labour Party! I just read your post…guess we’re not ALL illiterates. And further, we did not have to read, we just looked for the shoe. Aha! Gotcha! Don’t be mean. Spread the love. Do come home for Christmas…we’ll have a BLUE Christmas without you. Nah…we made sure that wouldn’t happen.
Love your post!! ha ha ha ha
These posts are from all the sour losers of the UWP…smh
The OAS has now demonstrated clearly that it is a meaningless, gutless organization and should be put in the meaningless, gutless organization garbage heap.
there should be international laws to put sanctions on the ministers and dlp members .
Ahem that Blackwell dude came into the Calibishie school and asked one question and stayed less than 5 minutes-useless lumps of human beings,
My people this is how the Government should rule..every decision should be made by the people.. Eg if a bridge is to be built in an area in Dominica the entire population should be given a chance to vote for or against.. This is what is known as choice of the people.if there is a majority of votes in favour of the bridge, then we go ahead, if not we’ll…Ask griffin St.Hilliare, this is how it is done is Switzerland , a. Country with 7+ million inhabitants. The government has absolutely no power when it comes to taking decisions it is us who decides. Everything and anything is voted upon… Maybe the government could try it out and see how it works… After all we live in a democracy
Every country has its laws, rules and regulations. Do not compare Switzerland to Dominica and vice versa. Leave well alone. If also St. Hilaire does not like it, he should remain in Switzerland.
The diaspora sold their country for a few pieces of silver,JUDAS
that is the same diaspora that the “team Dominica” went to begging for support earlier, now they don’t want them? They are unimportant? Yea, Get Real!!! I expected that unless the UWP won they would cry foul. I look forward to another 5 years of crying on Q95. Tell Lennox run the country from Q
So aptly put amy
All I know is labor look out, it’s not finish, because my GOD moves in a mysterious way,his wonders to perform,he plants his footsteps in the sea,and it rise, yes it rise above the storm.this was no an act of GOD, it’s of the devil. Patience we don’t have, just wait and watch for the hand of GOD.
You do likewise. This also includes you. No one knows which way their life will go and short or long.
so true i hope that you are prepared. when we human beings see or hear of wrong doings taking place and we turn a blind eye just because it doesn’t affect us, we better be on the look out. for it is written “love thy neighbor as thyself”. if the people living overseas loved us living in this country they would have stayed away and allowed us to make decisions of our governance for ourselves but be not afraid for him that is judge and has power to give life or take it away saw it all there is no place that they can run to hide from the reward of their EVIL works.
The election was taken by the diaspora. As they go back, I wish them well and I leave them in the hands of God. Black people always have a way of enslaving their own – in Dominica we are bending under the weight of high cost of living and they made sure that we continue to be kept in that state. My Bible tells me “The thoughts of a wicked man are an abomination to the Lord but the words of the pure are pleasant words. He that is greedy for gain troubles his own house but he that hateth gifts shall live” Proverbs 15: 26-27. I leave them in the hands of God because vengeance belongs to God and God hates ugly. He will deal with them to the third and fourth generation.
Do you know you can lift yourself up of whatever burdens you may feel and live a happy life? When last you prayed to God to ask him to help you? Much more could be stated about that.
A Sir for Knighting..
I am requesting from the president of DA, that we should now knight the PM He should be called a SIR….
Secondly to all them sour losers please accept and move on, there is nothing you can achieve by thumping you all chest like King Kong but only to get a cardiac arrest, so stop it and move with the winners.. You all have cast the vote and chosen.. However it is clear. Some of us do want the DLP to remain in the Govenment..
Who is the greatest pm on earth or Mars
It’s the great Roosevelt Skerrit
This handsome lad from ville case
Campaigning or parenting
He is the political king
No joke 3 cheers for Skerro
UWP you lost
The Trophy belong to us
UWP stick your Grind
The trophy belong to us
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME…
From the mighty Sparrow on Sir Garfield Sobers… Youtube it…
“thou hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered”. (Proverbs 11:21) a great leader is one who honors the laws of the Lord, one who puts the God first in all he does, one whose eyes are kept on the Lord one who seeks after the things of God not praises of men or things of this world, one who hunger and thirst for righteousness. brother/sister spend a little more time reading the bible and educate yourself. peace.
why allu crying so much when more than fifty workers came to vote in senjoe. why roseau south wesley and roseau north was fair do like sekiry do allu homework and stop crying
things and time will tell
Well there you have it! The people have spoken and we have another 5 years of Labour government for good, bad or ugly. My fellow Dominicans, please, for the love of yourselves, families and country, pick up your shovels and lets us build Dominica. Put all all the hard feelings aside and get ready to work to continue building our beautiful DA! Dominica does not belong to Skerritt &/or the Labour party – it belongs to each and every one of us. It is unreasonable to expect the government – no matter which one is in power, to do everything for us and provide us with everything. Stop the idle chatter and hate-mongering which serve no purpose other than to polarize our tiny nation. I grew up hearing that we are a God-fearing people – so let us get God back in our lives and ask Him to help us in our quest. Give peace a chance! Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country! FORWARD WE GO!! I am Dominica – are you? Lastly, to those of you who are putting down our beautiful country Dominica,.. there is nothing better out there so stop it!!!
This is the best post I have read since Monday evening. It is sad to read these negative and disgruntled posts. Many of them would not be wriitng here, if their party won. Many Dominicans want a party to help them individually, not as a country. A Government is for everyone, for the island as a whole, not to provide everything for us. We have to strive to do good for ourselves and not expect the govrnment to do everything for us. Go to school, work hard, manage our finances and develop ourselves, not sit idly waiting for government hand outs.
Thank u “Moving Forward”. It seems that you think that Dominicans were not working or praying. Some of us sure do. We need a lot more prayers on board. We also NEED more people to work, instead of getting free hand outs that will not take their life further than their nose. The PM does that for two reasons. 1. to make sure that you are always dependent on him and thus “in your little mind” will feel grateful. 2. to make sure he has control over you.
I don’t get it… it’s okay to ignore the OAS’ recommendations? Is that it? I don’t think it requires 5 yrs to ‘clean’ a voter’s list or provide proper identification for voters… That report is perhaps a replica of the one of 2009. Waste of time and money in my opinion. Did anyone notice how Mr Skerrit went from speaking of blood and blatant arrogance and insults to congratulatory messages and extending olive branches? Will this continue or was it just a show for the OAS representatives?
Anonymous, Skerrit was insulted as well, what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander. You agree for him to be blatantly attacked, but angry when he retaliates?…smh
Time to move on, stop being angry, you you want Dominica to prosper, start with yourself, sopt the animosity and love your country. I am Dominica…are you?
I do love my country, hence I will stand for democracy and integrity in public office. The insults I speak of were those personal ones.. particularly the one targeted at Monelle Williams for which he is yet to truly apologise for. I am not angry REALLY so there’s no need to be so defensive. I simply asked questions n stated observations. I’m looking at the bigger picture but you probably only see just beyond your nose. Nothing I can do about that.
The question i must ask you sir, is what was the purpose of the recommendations made in 2009? Was it not to ensure free and fair elections? Or did i misunderstand the mandate or part thereof of any observer mission? Would some of these recommendations not have made the elections Free and Fair (FEAR) eg promise of ID cards for voting. If the answer to my questions is yes then why the statement “the 2014 elections were free and fair. The appropriate word for u sir is Frustration; but for most of us it’s ANGER and Frustration. One calypsonian singing about the end to apartheid in South Africa wrote “how many more must die mr Botha, how many more”. So i ask the same question to you sir “how many more deceitful elections must we endure before they are FREE and FAIR.
I guess you did not do your home work my dear check that out
MORNE JAUNE/RIVIERE CIYRICQUE : ELECTORATE 1,613
VOTED 2,082
DLP 1,083
UWP 994.
SPOILED BALLOT 5
HELLO PEOPLE WHEN I ADD TOTAL VOTES THAT WERE CASTED IS AND INFACT 2,083
BUT MY FELLOW DOMINICANS REMEMBER THE ELECTORATE LIST IS ONLY AND I SAY ONLY 1,613 I WANT SOMBODY WHO WENT COLEGE ,HIGH SCHOOL, OR UNIVERSITY WHICH I WENT TO NEITHER TELL ME WHO CASTE?D THE EXTRA 469 VOTES IS IT THE INVISIBLE JUMBIE OR WERE PEOPLE WORKING AT THE POLES CROOKS???
That is a typo, It was corrected. Computers is GIGO. Garbage in Garbage out, so the computer made the analysis based on the figure it was given. And any intelligent person seeing that would know is a typo, but some so goood at looking for needles, they find them in Amazon forest
So are you saying that the UWP representatives at the polling station in Morne Jaune are crooks? After all IF what you claiming is true, you are saying that there were 469 persons who voted who’s name did not appear on the list, yet the polling clerks, all of them, both the UWP and Labour polling clerks allowed 469 persons to vote whose names did not show up on the list. This sounds almost impossible to me. After all there were agents at the polling stations both inside and out. For a college student, this does not make much sense. Get your facts straight then post another comment to clarify this false claim.
Haiti in turmoil for election. Hope the same team go to Haiti so they can be macheted
I am sorry you cannot use a censors that is almost four years old to determine the countries voter population. people have come back home during that time who was not on that censor. Also Dominica make provisions for people outside Dominica to vote. Therefore those who are crying foul is crying over sour grapes. i do not support any political party in Dominica just the person who is doing good for the benefit of the Island as a whole.
Nah will quail some ppl ehh…the 2 sisters from Wesley run way to Antigua when ting get tight one come back with her husband…she didn’t even stay a whole year she run back antigu cuz thing tight here…she got 2 lil job here and cudnt make ends meet…she was selling on the roadside Wesley still cudnt make ends meet..she run way a second time..she comes down 2 days before the election on a chartered plane paid for by ….. on behalf of the government of dominica…mr Skerrit had the guts to look dominicans in the eyes and said labour not responsible for any chartered flight…mMay God be with u ….mark my words one day all those shouting labar will be the same ones crying for change…
Total contradiction in the OAS report. It 2009 the OAS recommended Voter ID Cards, cleaning of the bloated voters’ list, putting campaign finance laws in place. None of that was done. In fact the Electoral Commission was blocked from implementing what it wised for to ensure FREE and FAIR Elections.
Bribery was again a serious factor inhibiting FREE and FAIR elections. The facts were presented to the OAS. Proof of bribery of overseas electors live. But AWA. Those organisations fail the people all the time.
War in Afghanistan. Elections called and held amidst war. Election observers report elections were FREE and FAIR. Recommendations made.
If the recommendations made by the OAS in 2009, were to ensure that elections are FREE and FAIR, re. implementing voter ID Cards and a clean voters’ list in 2014, and were deliberately not carried out, what guarantee does the OAS have that the recommendations this time will even be looked at much less carried out.
Dominicans expect more and more fraudulent acts geared to cheat, steal, elections, through increased bribery, no electoral reforms or campaign finance laws.. How could there be FAIRNESS in UNFAIR, illegal practices. Clearly, the results would have been different in several areas, were it not for the bribery and coming in of overseas voters, many not legible to vote.
The OAS mentioned about Electoral Laws. But those same Laws are being disregarded, disrespected. So how could elections be FREE and FAIR if the Electoral Laws are disobeyed time and time again? Those are the Laws that guide us to do the right things for FREE and FAIR elections. Whose fools are we, sir?
Free and fair… Yes… Probably…. That’s if you come in to observe only on the day of elections… It would appear that all is well. Probably these observers should come here from the day election date is announced. Talk to the people, follow parties and political groups on social media…. then if at the end of that they have no reccomendations….only them can they comprehensively conclude that it was free and fair…
Dominica has become a nation of beggars…I see all them seventh day Adventist all up in labour…the morals went out the window…I waiting for them to come tell me bout donations let me tell them where to go…
those badventiste they were giving so much on catholic now they are worst than catholics. adventiste have lost their way.
Johhny so true! Some Seventh day Adventist “Christians” have really lost their way. i heard one say “u cant bite the hand that feed u” i used to think them people believed in right over wrong and seeing some of them think they better than others i thought they put God first in all they do and he was the source of their supplies. But lately there i have realized they more about money than about God. No more are they about “R”-Righteous these days some are more about “R”-Riches.
I prophesized the following on DNO, 2 days before the elections.
The election of Dec. 8th 2014 will not be FREE and FAIR. What else do we, patriotic, peaceful, Law-abiding citizens, have to go through with such black people, willing to sacrifice whatever goodness is in them, even lose their credibility for ,Massa’s sake,, and sell their body and soul to evil?
Who is this Gerald Burton, Chairman of the Electoral Commission? Is he the one who has enabled the Commission to be ridiculed by the same supremo he is facilitating in creating more and more avenues for irregularities in the election? That man was on GIS boasting about Muliti-Purpose ID Cards and how important those would be for elections, for ID, for doing other business, for voting, for Blah, Blah, Blah. Where are those ID cards, Burton? Where are the multi-purpose ID Cards Mr. Chief Elections Officer? So all you think all you FOOl us then?
Did you ensure the Voters” List is cleaned, sanitized and not bloated? Don’t you know that is rife for FRAUD, Big Time? Of course you know. But guess what !!!! FREE and FAIR Elections is the last thing on your mind, because the supremo’s election winning legacy will be no more.
Where are the Electoral Reforms, the Voter ID Cards and the Cleaning of the “dirty” Voters’ List? so what were you doing all those Years, receiving pay from the work. taxes of Dominicans, and tricking them into an election without reforms? Who are you fooling, Burton? Why were you not truthful to the people? You all tricked the people, making them think, you all were interested in reforming the electoral system to ensure FREE and FAIR Elections. Your actions or in-actions spoke louder.
But Dominicans knew all along, that you would do everything in your power, as Chairman of the “Independent” Electoral Commission, to block reforms and cause heavy political influence to have their way, thereby ensuring the Commission lose its “Independence”, renege on its initial calls for reforms. and instead facilitate the cheating, stealing, rigging of the elections.
How could the Voters’ List have more people on it than the population of the Island? The numbers just don’t add up. Madness is happening. The population is forced to go into yet another election, without the necessary changes to the process. How could that election be FREE and FAIR?
What will the OAS and CARICOM report about the election, when their recommendations they put forward last election, 2009, re. producing Voter ID Cards and cleaning the bloated Voters’ list, have never been implemented? In fact, things are worse. Bribery of voters has increased. Deliberate stubbornness to block, stall reforms to ensure that the ruling Party wins. That’s all. Facilitating the very same things that the Electoral Commission is supposed to guard against, i.e. cheating, stealing, fraudulent elections.
Our beautiful country, Dominica, is sliding into full dictatorship. Massa days. Its tentacles are spreading like wildfire. Subtle actions. Buying of all News media, print (Chronicle) and audio/video (Marpin), on top of GIS, DBS, KAIRI FM., preventing King Dice from singing his songs in a WCMF,, framing up of Linton re. leaking of Supremo info to the IPO, corruption to the T, fire-bombing, kick-backs, secret passport sales, just name the evil deeds that Dominica has been swamped with and drowning in.
While all those things are happening, the majority of the people are becoming poorer and poorer, while a few are getting richer and richer. Madness is happening in my country. Mental Slavery is killing my people. The ILLUMINATI has illuminated sections of our nation so much, until some have been turned into Zombies.
A free and fair election would have given a different result, the DLP would have won but the margin would have been closer, more 9-12 rather than 6-12 and it is a shame that Dominica have got to the place where the will of the people is thwarted by the god mammon.
There should be a law preventing money being spent on tickets, by either side, but if people make there own way to vote it is there civic duty.
People the citizens of this great country of ours have spoken! Let it be…everyone cant vote for your party or mine! this is a democracy last time i checked…one man/woman…one vote!
Are we going to be campaigning again and deepening the hatred and bad mouthing that has been the norm for the past 14 years? We are better than that. the time will come when the Opposition will be the Government then what?
We have a country to build for ourselves, our children and their children…get on with it and stop bickering and fighting…..ENOUGH ALREADY!
Amen! Tell it to them again. I cannot understand why all this bitterness and animosity have to be going on still. It is a democratic island, everyone will not vote for the same party. To each his own and we must respect each other’s opinion or who they support. It is okay to post htings, but we have to be real and respectful. Many other individuals are reading, not just Dominicans.
The mandate has spoken, move on people. Work towards developing Dominica. If the UWP had to be in power they would have won. Maybe it is not their time this time around. The creator is the ruler of the earth, he is more powerful than anyone, if he wanted UW to win, they would have!
OAS observer! i saw them when i went 2 vote they came identified themselves spent not more than 2 mins and left what could they have seen to report on fair elections eh? they were not there when pm was busy giving handouts were they? i am certain that they heard of reports of pm doing the same thing last elections why didn’t they pay close attention 2 him in other to come to a conclusion? what were they here 2 observe? how long we are standing in d line? cause that is the question they asked the ppl standing in the line. but we will all b rewarded according to the work we do so if ur report is the truth them expect great things but if not………………………… the Lord will take revenge for the voiceless of this land.
Can we heal as a nation.! Can we heal the wounds and scars of a democratic process of election. Take a clear look at the result the only place UWP had a landslide was Marigot. Respect the will and wishes of the people. The War is over. Enough malice and hatred has been spread, can we move forward. Blessed are the peace makers. Count the total votes both parties received and analyze it. Both parties were bringing their people who are Dominicans; It is legal why one person is complaining now. Leaders we are looking up to you for guidance and restrain.
Marigot had a landslide because of James’ influence.
Pardon me how much freer or fairer could the elections be, it was one man or woman one vote. The people spoke, The electoral list will always be greater than the population because there are Dominicans who reside outside Dominica.
Not that many. A total population of 71, 293 also includes children under 18. Keeping in mind that, according to the census, ages 0-18 make up almost a full third of the population, the 72,484 registered voters still does not make sense even taking into consideration Dominicans who reside outside of Dominica.
It is something some hard heads will never understand.
How could this be free and fair when up to the morning of election the pm was grand fond paying and buying votes. Plus all the other seas people that they bought in grand fond to vote, people who left the country for many many years never even once come to visit there families since they left Dominica but yet they was there voting so tell me how is this right, how can this be called free and fair.
@Ron, election is over stop with the properganda or present the evidence you have of bribery.
He just presented it, I know you can read and understand.
hi i have proof that a fello from marigot got a ticket to vote,for the uwp he’s my next door neighbore he flew one day in advance,and his back today to work,so what is the diffrence?his last name is a james,so thats proof need more?
Folks come on, I saw a lot of overseas people in Wesley, yet UWP won in Wesley. Does that mean that UWP brought these overseas people in to vote? Be real, no one knows where that X goes when you alone is in that little box. I could take a free ticket to come and vote and vote for whoever I want. Getting anything from a political party does not guarantee any vote. Are you saying that the 15 constituencies that voted for labour, only voted because they received something or was bribed…so why then did the 5 that voted for UWP. Come on we all have a freedom of choice. We are free to vote whoever we wish. NO ONE is forced to vote at gun point. The only one that knows who we vote for is God and God alone. I believe people voted who they felt was best to represent them. Take Roseau South for example. The government spent a lot of money doing project in that constituency yet the people there believe that they did not get proper reprensentation from Ambrose and they voted him out after winning by over 900 votes in last election. If that was fair, and acceptable why isn’t the 15 others on the Labour side?
The number of votes cast does not point to any fraudlent activity. There were just a little over 40K votes cast in this election, so where are the 10K overseas voters. Factor in the ficticious 10K from overseas we get 30K much less than in previous years. The size of the list plays no part in possible voter fraud. What is required is a picture id to properly identify voters. I think if anyone has information about voter fraud they should bring it to the attention of the authorities, not just talk about it in the media.
O trust me there are people out there who were approached, there re recorded audios, it happened so dont deny it …DOMINICANS DONT LET THIS BE BURIED…THE ONES WHO CAM FROM FAR TO VOTE WILL PAY
I think my meeting with the OAS Team this time around is my last meeting with them. So many irregularities were pointed out to these guys and you mean to tell me they conclude that elections were free and fair? There is an abundance of evidence of bribery, even on the very day of voting, and yet the conclusion is “free and fair?” I met a relative who was brought here from the USA to vote at St. Joe, just as happened in 2009, and she explained how extra caution was used by the DLP agents to ensure that they could not be tracked. Their flight from the USA was zig-zagged to avoid detection and she did not have a return ticket in hand. Skerrit was openly handing out cash in La Plaine and Kalinago Territory on the very day of voting, yet the OAS declare that this was fair? OAS, please do not come here again! You are discredited!
Franktalker
Like you, I was on the ground. How come I did not see or hear about that happening?
You all are just sore losers that’s all.
maybe they were paid asusual
Boy! Is a good thing you don’t matter as regards to the constitution and mandate of the OAS. You guys are hell-bent on applying the laws of the jungle mentality, instead of the properly constituted laws of the land. The simple recourse to your claims is to take the matter and evidence to the appropriate authorities for the proper action.
But wait, why am I even engaging you on this specious charge? It just occurred to me that if you had evidence of what you are claiming, there was no way things would not have gotten more volatile and maybe bloody, such is your guys inclinations to violate protocol and decency. Your tendency to be vile and volatile is legendary for a party in search of a place – and people – to rule over, and roll over.
As before, you came to the game knowing – some might say agreeing with the rule, or at least understanding the rules – and now that you lose, you bellyaching about how unfair the game was. I have finally concluded that you guys are completely psychotic and delusional, believing that somebody ordained that you should rule this land. The people have spoken. Get on with it. Join hands and let first heal and then build this our island home.
Recognize that with each passing minute, especially all the time spent angry and being hateful, your time to depart this earth is drawing closer. Don’t you want to be happy and unburdened? Rest the case, bro. Please give it a rest.
the OAS have an email address that every one should use to complain about the group they sent her and all what you witness the day of election even to the point that Skerrit and other members were at the polling station handing cash for their vote don’t hold it back someone have to know.
The observers will come with the same things like 2009 election and the Skerrit supporter didn’t do anything to clean up the list and we didn’t get ID cards for voting, so they were useless and should leave Dominica.
The email address is DECOE.OAS. org try that address someone called it in send all complain to them let them know how you feel.
And more directly the address and other contact info. are:
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation
1889 F St., N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20006
E-mail: [email protected]
Teléfono: (202) 370-4526
Fax: (202) 458-6250
Another institutional casualty! The OAS this time! I guess that they too are begging at Mr. Skerrit’s red clinic or they were also bribed with the 60 million he was supposed to have amassed for campaigning.
You people have set yourself apart as the educated, intelligent, middle class etc. all others are fools and beggars! Badmouthing is your forte! Let’s see how far that gets you! Don’t use your self-acclaimed intelligence to do a sensible post-mortem and regroup, instead take the next five-years to fine-tune your bad-mouthing prowess!
Take Dominica to the next abysmal failure in the international media from where Dr. Fontaine left off! As one of your advisers said in his post, put out your diatribes on social media and let it go viral! You are bound to win 21 seats that way, particularly when the OAS and COHA and the others that you will be writing to come down to suspend our constitution and remove Mr. Skerrit from office and call fresh elections.
Good luck with that!
I think these guys should visit Zimbabwe where they are really needed.
The elections were free and fair but there are doubts abut the accuracy of the voters’ list? Has the OAS gone loco?
You are not listening to yourself. The population of the island is about 71 k’s and just about 40 k’s voted, so what’s ur point?
The point is that the blue won… And everybody knows that. It was only the bribed that turned the tide on it.
i hope this christmas all those beggers have food to eat……..climb up the steps as usual for the next 5 years.
They will have free concert ( paid with tax payes money )and SEWO – thats all they need – ignorant folks
what is he saying nah, it was free and fair and on de other hand he had concerns about the list which exceeds the population of dominica… my dead granny on it and she died since 2000…. may god help us
Assist them by taking in the death certificate! Let us put our words to action.
PRAY my people PRAY. “If we PRAY God will stretch forth his hands if we PRAY he will heal our land” God is almighty and all powerful. he is not asleep PRAY my people PRAY. Don’t give up the fight, we may have lost that battle but the war is still on so PRAY. When all may seem to have been lost PRAY there is no need to look on our strength to win this fight for this war is against principalities and powers PRAY people PRAY so that our Most High God can deliver us by his power.
See. Like those of your kind, you stand idly by and ignore the law – if what you say is so. The law sufficiently explains the steps you should take to remove your dead granny’s name from the voters’ list. It is not the job of Skeritt or the Electoral Commission to violate the law just to do your bidding. There is a process. But that would not concern you. Not as long as you are Dominican and live in Dominica, to boot.
Think about it, people. Think about how much we break the law willy-nilly in Dominica. We dispose of our trash – any type of refuse – at will: on the roadside, in or on our neighbor’s yard/property, on the river banks, in the gutters; you name it. We drive under the severest influence of alcohol and then boast of our driving prowess, “Boy Dominicans can drive boy!” We drive without insurance and proper licenses as if it is our god-given rights. And do everything to dodge the occasional police dragnet set up to snag would-be violators of the traffic laws. The esteemed Lennox has yet to pay his several court fees imposed on him for violating the civil rights of his litigants. We wantonly invade farmers’ lands and produce and make things worse by purchasing the ill-gotten gains harvested through praedial larceny. We stop in the middle of the few highways we have and conduct routine conversations and curse out drivers if they toot their horns indicating they need to go about their legitimate business.
Need I cite more incidents of law breaking for us to get the point?
Very good ba yo Bwa some of them should be so ashamed of themselves..
Good over evil, while it may be true that your deceased grand mother is on the list, you would agree that she was not counted as part of the imported votes/diaspora nor was she fraudulently represented by another. Mistakes happen! The elections were free and fair. Sorry about your grandmother.
How can an election be “free and fair” when people are being bribed to vote; candidates are breaking the laws in an attempt to solicit votes to include bribery; campaigning on the morning of elections; bringing in overseas voters that do not even meet the voting criteria; Some polling stations have only laborites; People are not asked for any form of identification at the polls while others are sent back for all kind of documents to prove their status?????….I mean the list can go on. So I am rather baffled as to what really constitutes “Free and fair.” What were they observing. Did they have officers at all the polling stations? The OAS should be ashamed of themselves. Give us a little more to work with to enhance the credibility of that report.
Dominica must be the only country in the world where persons can vote without an ID. How shameful. And those blokes can still make cards for their overseas voters to come and thief the elections. Yes Labour party TIEF repeat TIEF the election. And those so called representatives have the gall to say they are the duly ELECTED members of parliament. These people have no conscience, the longest rope has an end.
Bear with me a bit, are u saying that only DLP people were working at the polling stations? The UWP should insist that they sent their agents at poling stations . Another thing once a voter enters the poling station and that voter is well known by all the pole clerks and agents, why waste time to ask that voter for any identification all they would do is look for the persons name to allow the process to go swiftly , give the instructions to the person and allow that person to go in to cast their vote, unlike to a person who is not well known , they would have to ask for any form of identification. Well may be u need to invite ur own advisers and they would have to go by ur own advise.
Free and fair my foot! free and fair and the voters list has not been sanitized? free and fair and overseas voters were being flown in in droves to ? on the day of elections officials of the dlp were allegedly out in certain communities handing out cash to people bribing them to vote the labar party! that’s the new definition of free and fair..is that want to teach our children….shame on you guys!
Prove iT! prove that monies were given on election day. Stop repeating untrue statements.
Stop preaching hatred , your hater.Learn to accept the results
What constitutes free and fair? What is the criteria for the ratings? That would be good to find out. You just got paid and a free trip to make things appear to be transparent. The whole system is just a mess. That report has no basis without informing us of the rating criteria.
Uwp, you are a bad player. Bad looser. Bad everything. You just don’t know what to say. You played the game and you loose. Stop the nagging. Baby
Exactly…they are so desperate, can’t even accept defeat. It is sad…..very sad. The people have spoken, both teams brought in their supporters from overseas to vote. I know quite a few people from New Jersey and New York that went home from both sides. It is just crazy…Sour losers indeed!
as the creole saying goes sa mwen douva sa’we deh yeh
Many ppl sing that song but in the end righteous shall prevail. its only when situations hit closer to home and we feel the heat that we know right from wrong but we will all have our day. We all shall face judgement day. There is enough information circulating for us 2 claim we didn’t know so take hid and flee from wrong doings before its 2 late. Christ died to set us free all of us so let no man buy u. Even if u not feeling the squeeze its not impossible for u 2 get there.
Questions? Did the government paid them to come? What about the cleaning of the list? Bribing?…………………..
The Observers group were funded by China, France and OAS
Can we ever fight them? The judicial system, the organizations like the OAS, the government when they are wrong, can we? God help the living as well as the unborn in Dominica! How can we have confidence in organizations such as these – The CCJ, CARICOM, The OAS, even our own local institutions, government and non-government? I am hearing the cries of both the unborn and the living and my heart is shredded to almost dust after all the bleeding and it can bleed no more. Can we please make it known to the OAS and the world that they have done us an injustice? The Dominicans outside who came down just to burn us alive slowly here in Dominica – are you human with a conscience not to mention a heart? Qou vadis, Dominica?
Uwp, you won’t win in 2020. As your culture of blame continues, so you are being watched by Dominicans. Another reason why you thought you were going to win is that the some people who campaigned for you did not vote for you. They followed you because they did not want your brothers and sisters to call them stupid and idiot and groupies and monkeys. The secret is in the polling booth. Hahahaha hah. Who laugh last laugh the best. SA, DS, PA, DP. That win is for you.
How do you know what will happen in the next five yrs? only God knows the future. God showed Chaves the he is the mighty one though.Dominicans will always carry their ignorance as a badge of honour.Talk about the beating Ambrose and Timothy got this will do u better.IF ambrose was beaten then this tells something.I think what you said about the uwp followers is the opposite .I know of a lot of people who were just following the red and not vote for them.
Ignorant,and illeterate fool
The blue won in 2014 and everybody knows that – you too…only bribery, cheating and corruption got in the way. They are above cheating and even if they weren’t they just didn’t have access to tax payers money or money from other corruption to pay out. Suck on that!
“An observer team from the Organization of American States (OAS) has declared the just concluded general election in Dominica as “free and fair.”
Well, the observer team only saw as far as the tip of their noses; they saw exactly what they wonted to see! Can the team tell us if they took the time to monitor the registered voting list, where there more people registered to vote than the population of the country!
Did they monitor the amount of illegal voters arriving at Melville Hall Airport. Are they aware that more than sixty million dollars was spent on bribing people into voting labor.
The buying of votes internationally, is a crime, it , is felony! Here is an example, between Wesley, and Woodford Hill, approximately 650, or 652 votes were cast, if we hand count the population of both villages, and check how many names are on the voting list, I am sure that we will encounter more names on the list than residence of both village.
I do believe though, that the vote in both villages were fair, I can identify why Athena lost, but it is not my business to say. Nevertheless, it not because of anything corrupt or shady. The same cannot be said for the rest of the country!
For anybody organization to conclude that the elections in Dominica held yesterday was fair is ludicrous, they are dumb and out of their mind.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Frans.. So sorry don’t be a sour looser my Bru…da the vote has spoken
The people have chosen.. There is nothing you can do
I always said Politics is big man ting.. If you cant take loosing lightly don’t come in the ring.. Skero did warn you..
@ Francisco ED Telemaque do you have any information about
1. Total number of votes cast?
2. Total number of votes cast for DLP?
3. Total number of votes cast for UWP?
4. Total number of votes cast for the Independent candidates?
5. Total number or discarded ballots?
Getting some of those numbers will give us a better idea of how much, if any, did the so called diaspora voters affected the outcome of the elections. I would estimate based on past elections, roughly 40,000 plus ballots were cast and based on the number of constituencies and rough numbers the winning party amassed roughly 25,000 plus of the populous votes. If you can find the exact numbers and let us see where the “diaspora votes” or “illegal voters”, as you put it, influenced the outcome of the elections that will be beneficial.
While there may have been some close constituencies in which it was alleged that there was a number of so called “diaspora” voters, were they illegal voters per the Election System and Procedures?
From OAS
“While there are currently 72,484 registered voters, the country’s population is 71,293 according to the 2011 consensus,” he stated. “Although the law provides for the list to be reviewed, some of the mechanisms used for this purpose were not effectively enforced, raising doubts about the total number of citizens who are duly registered and eligible to vote.”
Does that in itself mean that the elections were not free and/or fair? While I believe that this need to definitely be addressed, I will not go as far as saying that the elections were not free and/or fair.
FREE AND FAIR
“Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives… The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.”
One Love Dominicans!!!!
Mr. Telemaque, that’s the only time I noticed you commented on a story with these few lines, what, are u lost for words as u always expected that ur party would win more seats? I’m sure that the compilation of the population between Wesley and W.F.Hill is over 5000 people {u cant doubt it} I think a little under 2000 people voted , so just because that seat was won by ur party , u think that nothing was out off order. Why don’t u think that the DLP could bring in overseas voters as u think he did in all the other 15 constituencies in which they won? You should continue licking ur wounds ur wounded lion
We don’t need to wait till next week to see anything the same thing continuing already
look at the list how they could conclude that they need not to come back to dominica to observe.
Now. This is what I call real Breaking News. Not what CNN call Breaking News, no. This is Breaking News
No I.D Cards. Eh! How can it be fair elections? Can’t understand that.Is there a contradiction?
May the seeds Dominicans leaving abroad came to plant on us this week be their harvest wherever their final destination may take them. I pray 100% return on them, their spouses, children and even grand children. May those returns be seen at their homes, work places and where they congregate.
Diaspora left the USA this week where a gallon of gas is $2.75, a lb of chicken for cents, a pair of shoes for under $ 5.00 in some cases, where they are employed, with two cars in their garage, air condition in their house, electric bill for under $100.00 a month, life insurance to cover their children; yet they came to Dominica to vote in a government for us where a gallon of gas is $15.00, 1 lb of half rotten chicken for $5.00, pair of shoes $200.00, can’t affor t afford ceiling fans let alone AC, without health insurance let alone life insurance, most of us are unemployed and yes, a dictator on us whereas they have a democratic government. Some of them have already left the island and most will leave in two weeks time. Yet they came to put us in hell for 5 years. I wish you all just what you deserve as you go back! God bless and may you all find consolation in the evil you inflicted on us!
A question to the OAS, what about the many overseas Dominicans, in which the Laws of Dominica doesn’t permit them to vote and about the traveling tickets which were given to them by the so call winning side is it that you call free and fair. ??? Lord have mercy Christ have mercy .
i am supporting you 100% pct,but you all living in dominica feels the pain and the ball is your court to put pressure on THE DICTATOR,and all his corruption.The ones that came down are on welfare and commit great fraud on the health system,you could have not said it any better,god will be with them,i wish you all the best and your family.
The manadate has spoken, the opposition also had they supporters returning to vote as well. Health,Life and all insurances are made from a person’s salary, someone who went to school and works hard, not sitting idly waiting for a government to hand them anything. I suggest you do the same, and do some research as well. No where is a lb of chicken for cents in America, neither a pair of shoes for US$5.00. Not even inthe used thrift stores.
where do you live? In Antigua? chicken going on sale for as low as 69 cents a pound in NYC. BUT you have a job… where are the jobs in Dominica? You think there are no well qualified people here who are unemployed? the ones waiting to be handed stuff are the labourites you came here to support. I do hope that you will send a barrel back for christmas because your people here will need it.
Where has Democracy gone?
Which employer gives time off for their employee to return to their country to vote.
AMEN. The evil they have done SHALL live with them.
Life is not so rosy as u say in the US. Life in dominica is much sweeter. In dominica, one work from 8 to 4 with a paid hour for lunch break. In the US, they work from 7 to 330 with an unpaid 30 minute lunch break. Light bill are higher than $100, gas bill for heating the house, cable bill is more than $100, Heath insurance is more than $30 a week. There is no longer cheap clothe and shoes in America. Most people work 2 and 3 jobs to make ends meet. Some are drowning in credit card debts. Dominica is sweet. I sure will be back to stay as soon as I graduate in May. There is no place like home. Dominica sweet!
So true….many DOminicans think that the people living overseas have life sweet, we are struggling just like them, we have bills to pay childre to feed like everyone else. I don’t understand how they can compare living in Dominica witrh living in the U.S….one works so much harder up here.
So if Dominica sooo sweet why don’t you ask your friends and family to stay here and enjoy the sweetness. That’s for Jay prosper.
Stop being jealous of persons who have worked hard and have what they have. US$2.75 is EC$7.50 plus duties fuel is not made in Dominica ok and for your information the Government subsidies it. Are you healthy , then it is a shame to say you are unemployed and want to blame Government for everything. Can the Government employ everyone???? There is life insurance in Dominica. You choose to spend your money on other things. Know your priorities. You choose to buy half rotten chicken for EC$5.00 (US$1.80) because there is also Non rotten chicken, fish plentiful in beautiful Dominica. Those in the US have to buy everything whereas in beautiful Dominica we have Breadfruit in abundance, Plantain, carrot, cabbage, Grapefruits, lime oranges, tomatoes. We do not need Ceiling Fans or AC it is mostly cool here and they need heat for Winter ( another bill). I know we have good prices for shoes US$40.00 equals EC$110.00. In Dominica hospital bill is free for Children under 18 years and persons over 60 years.
Have you ever gone to the US or elsewhere? You seem not too because you would have known that they work sometimes two or more jobs to be able to pay for their bills, food etc. You are keeping yourself in Hell waiting for the Government to employ you or bring everything for you at your home. Do you have a skill or want to go to college or some form of Education?? There is the small business bureau where you can do a plan for self employment as perhaps you may be home with small children but before you seat at the computer or your phone putting negative remarks, go to the business places one by one and ask for work. I see a lot of non Dominicans working here there and everywhere. No one is inflicting evil on you but yourself by cursing your country and calling it the worse. Go take a rest , pray, as the Lord to change your attitude, smile to someone, spread a little love and that love will come back to you (give and it will be given to you pressed down and running over). Pray for peace in your life. Then you will see that negativity stamped out within you. Make friends with positive persons who can teach you something. When you hear something, don’t just jump and accept it to depress your spirit and turn you into a negative person. The OAS organization is made up of independent persons … they are not from Dominica. You hear Lesson 1
@?????? Just run your mouth!!! go eat your ham and your turkey! All now so my f…ing cupboards empty. And yes the government has to provide an environment and avenues where employment is readily available. Do you know the amount of businesses that have closed down under the Labour party? When a poor malaywe child finish school with a university degree cannot face a financial institutions bcuz of no security. Have to walk up national employment step for finances and officials there have to turn u left right and center. Next step is your palrep want to know what colour panty you wearing if is red or blue? All diasporas all you think it EASY in Dominica!!
I agree with u 100% very well said most of them think that its easy for u all in the Diaspora ,little do they know that u all have to work 2 and 3 jobs to be able to live comfortable
That is for you too Diaspara DABA – The team, composed of observers from Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Chile, the United States and Venezuela, arrived in the country on December 3 and met with representatives of both political parties, government officials, media and social organizations. Read this over and over so you can understand who the OAS team comprised of.
May the good Lord give them a triple portion of what they declared upon us.
Wish the same to you! dig a hole for yourself as well.
You know I was told by an Antiguan, who worked for Shell Oil at a Bulk Plant in Dominica, in the 1950’s when I was a little boy, that there is a curse on Dominica. He impressed upon me that someone whom a wrong was perpetrated on while in our country more than a hundred years ago, when he was leaving placed a curse on the country.
Now, I do not believe that any human has the power to place a curse on a country, which eventually caused so much suffering, and poverty on a people; nevertheless, the sort of mentality our people displays, one cant’ help but to believe that our country is indeed cursed!
Our people are very willfully, deliberate, and vindictive: the mind of our people are wicked; those living overseas like the idea that those of us residing in the country are suffering. There is no question about it that all of us who left Dominica, left because our life in Dominica was hopeless! We left because we wanted a better life.
Most of us found that better life; or, our utopia in the England dating back to the 1950’s, others found a better life in Canada, and several hundreds of us including yours truly found our utopia in the United States. Not all of us are who left found success. Believe it or not some who have left are in the United States, worst off than if they remained in Dominica: the majority of those who return to Dominica every five years to vote are illiterate scum’s of the earth, they are uneducated people living off the welfare system, who are unable to pay their way to return home to visit; so they wait to get the handout free ride home to go home and make fools out of themselves, voting for a government who does not have the ability to do anything worthwhile in the form of development in the country.
There are other scum bags residing in places such as Antigua, where they are worst off than if they remain in; all they do is involve themselves in illegal activities, some have become professional obeah men and women, with nothing practical or important to they return every five years to help screw up the country, and after election they leave, thus returning to their miserable life!
Misery like company, no matter where some of go, the sick Dominica mentality remains, these people have no shame! Last night, while speaking to someone in Dominica, the person told me that many Dominicans have already decided to leave, I do see what goods is going to come out of that, our people had the opportunity to change the status quo yesterday, they screwed up again, so what purpose is it going to serve people in their late fifties, and younger if the immigrate to the United States, and Canada?
They will only become a burden to their children who themselves are struggling to survive in North America. Illiteracy is a very bad thing: review all of the people who return to vote, and you may find they still dress the same way as when they left home; there is nothing left to say, than the majority of us Dominicans are the dumbest the most foolish, most ignorant people on this planet, our economy, the poverty in the country as you pointed out speaks for itself.
And the five dollar shoe you spoke about does not exists in America, unless you go into a Salvation Army used store to purchase a second hand pair of used shoe! As for the chicken in the stores, they must have a expiration date on them, if they are not sold within a certain number of days, they are thrown in the garbage, and not given away, it is illegal, to donate perishables to people after the expiration date. When we have meat and chicken, fish or turkey in the refrigerator unused for a long time, we simply throw it in the garbage, and restock.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
A heart felt thank you to the members of the Organization of American States for agreeing to monitor our just concluded elections. Gentlemen and Ladies you have declared it to have been FREE AND FAIR and we the people are in agreement with you. However we hope our elected leaders will implement your recommendations in a timely manner.
We could have done without you guys.. Thanks for NOTHING!!
I did not expect them to say anything different .
Oas my foot you alll recommended the id cards and Skerrit made sure they were never issued,so please come with anothe recommendation.
Oh boy. What a sore looser. You can’t even respect the observations made by a team of highly respected people who don’t even live in your country. Your leader called for monitors but sadly, and in a shameful way you attempt to make them look bad. What a bunch.
Darlings please accept defeat with Grace. Dominicans have voted and the elections were declared free and fair. Let’s move on as a people. As for me I voted for Peter St Jean. He won rather handsomely. I’m not a member of any political party but Peter has delivered for us. Don’t put your pressure up. Mind you, give jack his jacket – The PM has done well for us. Credit where it’s due.
Adam Blackwell don’t believe what Skerrit told you about us we are not stupid people we are very smart and your recommendations are laughable so I would suggest you stop speaking pack up and get out of the Island we would appreciate… Because if the election was free and fair you wouldn’t be putting forward some many stupid recommendation after you put almost the same in 2009 it’s ridiculous
These people should be in Dominica when Skerrit was at his worst, they would have said otherwise. He brought them in on a pretense, and when or since they came his stance was tamed, but those of us who heard him in his own words know better. I listened to his speech last night as well. written by Astaphan and read by him, all hypocrisy to impress the observers. A sad day for Dominica. Some Dominicans may have felt that they have won, but come next week we will see it is business as usual and more of the same. Some have won but the Island have lost. I am sorry for those of you who was wronged. Time will tell.
They were not wrong last election, if they were, then the election would not be what is was last night. Now is the time to work together as Dominicans, whether on island or overseas. The DLP has done and is doing a lot of good things for the island, be real and stop being biased. Everyone is free to support and vote for who they want, but shoul dbe mature enough to see the good that is being done. No one is perfect but at least the good should always be identified, the good for the island as a whole not individually.
His speeches are written by Hartley Henry out of Barbados
RUBBISH! We all know that’s not true. how much did they pay them for this false report?
After this blatant violation of our Democracy, are we to believe this was a FAIR & FREE ELECTION?
God have mercy on Dominica.
Just admit defeat, why after every election UWP and their supporters always think that it was not fair. The people voted, accept it!
After all, the man brought in observers to monitor the election and he was still victorious. Give peace a chance. thanks election is over I don’t have to listen to the raving of angry people and DNO, see you in 4 to 5 years. What a true leader! Congrats Again,
Just listen to yourself? “The man brought in observers”…Had you said…..An observer selected by both parties were contracted….” your statement would have a bit more weight. Stop making people see how foolish, blind and brainwashed you foolish labourites are!!
Merry Christmas UWP take that. Independent source says it was free and fair.
Blazeee, with you also.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/10254858/Zimbabwe-court-rules-Robert-Mugabe-won-free-and-fair-election.html
Zimbabwe court rules Robert Mugabe won ‘free and fair’ election. I always wondered what the point of those observer missions. I hope they had a good vacation. All election are always free and fair. From Libya to Syria. That is of course, until it too late. Hail Papa Doc Skerrit.
I hope you go to the Red Client to pick up your hand out for the Christmas
Dont worry .God sees everything. Some of you behave like there is no God.
Why don’t you wake up lady!
Thats laughable!! What a joke! Free and fair? Bruhaha!!
What do some people want ? They were happy that the observers were there and now that they’ve declared the elections free and fair they don’t accept it!! Get over it. The Government under Skerrit is back for another term. Accept defeat gracefully and stop throwing your toys out of your pram.
Every body know that the election was free and fair except the Uwp.
Free and fair? are u serious! human being take a moment and think. it is written: for though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God the pulling down of strong holds;)casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. ask urself if Jesus was 2 appear 2 u now and u were 2 ask him if the elections were free and fair wat would he say. Dont b a party person (red or blue) be a right from wrong person. food 4 thought God is in control and he seeth and knoweth everything. peace.
it will only be free and fair if they wins.lol
Where they get that OAS. They come make the same recommendations each year, nothing is done and the leave.
Voter ID card my foot……in what other country people have voter ID card….Stupppess.
That national ID card need to be implemented though. so just to have a card in my wallet to remove once every five years then…stuupppes.
But they should ask for ID at the polling station….my 2 cents
Hahahahaha,you want national i.d card in your wallet but no money in it under labour.Good luck under skerrit you bunch of lazy begging Dominicans.