The United Workers Party (UWP) says a campaign meeting scheduled on Tuesday tonight in the Wesley constituency has been rescheduled, while the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) is going ahead with its own event.
The UWP planned to have a rally in Woodfordhill but communication coordinator, Norris Prevost, told Dominica News Online that the decision was taken to call it off.
He said this was done in order to prevent ‘clashes’ between supporters of the two parties.
“We have rescheduled that meeting,” Prevost said.
Instead the UWP is having a walk around Wesley which began from 10:00 this morning and will end later today.
Among those on the “Walk Around” are the UWP candidate for the Wesley constituency Ezekiel Bazil, UWP political leader Lennox Linton, candidate for Grand Fond, Thompson Fontaine, among others.
Meantime, the campaign manager for the DLP, Vince Henderson said, the party’s meeting, which is carded for 7:00 pm at the Four Road area near the Wesley Police Station, is on.
“We will be introducing and endorsing our candidate for the Wesley Constituency,” he stated.
He said that the prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, will be in attendance.
Meanwhile, the DLP will be launching its manifesto on Thursday evening in Trafalgar.
“We are proud tonight because we have in our possession a manifesto of well thought-out plans and ideas for which funding has been secured,” Skerrit said at the launch of the DLP campaign on the weekend.
According to him, the DLP is the only party in the campaign which has “a fully printed and readily available 2014 manifesto” just four days after general election was called.
“I could put it on the screen and talk about its contents tonight but I am going to leave that until next Thursday,” he said. “When I say, comrades and friends, that we ready, I mean we red, red, red, red….ready.”
General election is slated for December 8.
UWP Team Dominica is ready…all you blind???? they ready and more ready to form the Government… Blue Blue….
Call it nah? now it call….lol
Why allu you workers(UWP) like that ner ? for over seven(7)months allu sayin to call the elections allu ready ,in Allu own words (call it ner )…now we do allu sayin we are the only ones to know the date ,so we can hav our own manifesto but i mean u’ll were the ones calling for it,we afraid to call it so i’m askin why are u’ll not ready ? u’ll should be blazing right now,7 months wee allu askin and allu still not ready so wen allu thought election was 2016 man…oh by the way vince and aaron can campaign now d house is dissolved ok my dear frens….
The UWP took the responsible decision as any other respecting and decent people would do.
Dominicans I call on all of you to make peace in this time of hot-heads that trying to devide and rule you.
Peace is the answer my country men.
But you all seem to forget that Lennox boasted about the elections date all along?? So he should have been ready long time. he dared the PM to call it nah, so why wasn’t he ready?/ and any good leader would know that if you fail to plan then you must plan to fail . So why are the UWP supporters so angry at Skerrit when they should be mad at their ‘leader’ and his lack of readiness
we are voting red in wesley..big time
red all the way
My X worth alot to me..
so uwp do not think my X will mark next to your stupid stupid symbol…
where is uwp manifesto?
the same thing like last time…. no plan for development …no plan to move Dominica forward .no
plans for the future..no plan no plan no plan …B I G Jokers.
:SHAME ON VINCENT HENDERSON. PRAY FOR DOMINICA
The manifesto was being prepared since March 2013 at a a place on bath road.
a ring a ring of roses diwi diwi chaud all fall down. Skerrit only you and Dimitri knew the date of th elections so why should’nt you be ready ? but I must remind you that slow but steady wins the race .
stop talking about Vince and think about what you are going to do for dominica.If you was in the labour party shoes you would do the same about your manifesto .so tell uwp stop talking, ron green ,eddison and presvot have no shame for big people . They should know that they have a stadium in stock farm and you have to ask trinidad permission to use it . SO stop being like big fools and work with the goverment to build the country. He have been the prime minister and never build a new hospital for marigot shame on you.
Shared… Marigot had a hospital when Mr James was in power, there was no need for him to build another one. What mr James did he build a high school for the village of Grandbay he build a high school for the village of castle bruce and he build the northeast comprehensive school. Mr James was A PM for the entire country where as the current none English speaking PM is the PM for only the places that voted labour. You talking about shame your PM should be a shame for being the head of a country but yet he didnot have faith in the medical institution in that country to deliver his son. You people are damn fool.
Marigot hospital was closed down by the Labour Party and the current labour candidate was the main doctor at that hospital. How the hell can you blame a man that has been out of office for 14 years. You guys elected a labour dictatorship A one man show . A man that pay the Catholic Church 500,000 to break the rules of the church to marry him because it was the second marriage for his wife. The same PM spend 260,000 to rename Mellive hall airport while a gentleman was sent home from the princess Margaret hospital because there wasn’t any stitches to stitch him after the surgery. I think you have the Brian’s of a sheep.. Civil servants 0% yet beres gat 50,000 to perform last Saturday I am sure destra will be paid another 50,000. The PM is bad news for Dominica. PM French citizen his wife american citizen his son american citizen only in dominica.
AAA….How much eddison spend at the risin of the sun again in delices back in his days 2 mil 0r 3 million i’m try’n to remember…the 500.000.was the government paying their tides to the church you know the bible says it so don’t headache your head about that…i wonder if you were the pm wouldn’t you do the same (want an american child) that’s if you doh hav urself, the hospital is the parl rep responsibility isn’t the parl rep suppose to go to parliament and ask for things for their their constituency is the prime minister livin in marigot the parl rep is the watch dog for the constituency and thats where he lives so he should of report it to parliament instead of walkin out everytime…so y allu want to blame labour party n the pm
PM said they were the only team with “a fully printed and readily available 2014 manifesto” just four days after general election was called.
This just says that UWP has none, but who knew the date before it was called? [Rhetorical]
Also, I am starting to see a link between his speech and that of Napoleon in Animal Farm.
Wasn’t it the leader of UWP who stated MONTHS AGO that his party was READY for elections and that Skerrit should call it? Once again UWP just shows that they are not ready for anything!
I concur.
even if the UWP didn’t know the election date their manifesto should be ready. they said they were ready. they shouldn’t wait on the election date to start preparing their manifesto
If you all is Blue in Wesley? Why are you all walking that’s a good question
But you all were asking for election date so you should have your manifesto ready . don’t do like Ron Green I am still searching the internet after four years plus.
No Excuse. The UWP should have been as ready as the DLP. As a matter of fact they should have been even more ready because they had all the time, while the government was busy running the country.
They have been calling for Elections all the while so why is it their supporters and non-supporters alike cannot see how ready they are? How do they expect us to trust them as our government?
England, Canada, the other Caribbean Islands and all other countries that have the same elections rules as Dominica and have no fixed date as the United States when an election is called, all the opposition parties know that the ruling party in particular the Prime Minister have the right to call the elections and whenever the elections are called the same night all parties are ready and when you get up the next morning you see every party posters and what ever signs are out for all to see.
It is unlawful to have posters out before the elections are called but once called; all parties are ready for all to see.
So make no excuses for the UWP. On at least two occasions I heard the UWP say they were disappointed that the elections were not called, so if the elections were called at those times what would they have said to us they were ready? So if they were ready then, why months later they are not?
it is clear for all to see that the Dominica Labour Party is a much more organized and ready party to be trusted with the business of running our country.
Whether you support the DLP or not, we know our country’s future presently is with the DLP in government.
Did the United Workers Party announced that they wasn’t ready for the elections ? Your PM is the one who mention that his manifesto was ready 4 days after elections was called. All he did was copy and paste from the 2009 Labour Party manifesto.
AAA if so, what prevented the UWP from doing the same? Oh, now I remember; they did not have a manifesto in 2009. They had no plans for the country.
But they had Billboards!! massive ones and questions marks. But no plans whatsoever to run the country. It is dejavu all over again with the UWP. They not ready yet; but, call it non?
Well stated.
A doubting Thomas I would suggest that you have a sit down with both candidates and then make up your own mind because your leader Skerrit refuses to debate Linton.
And remember a mind is a terrible thing to waste .
Patriot for change. I am not an undecided voter. I need no debate with the two leaders. It is a waste of time in my opinion.
My mind is very clear about whom is the best man to run the affairs of the country. We all know which one is more capable and the best one to lead Dominica to the Next Level.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind who the Prime Minister of Dominica will be after the Polls close on December 8th.
Correction the DLP was not busy running the country. They were busy fattening their pockets.
How is Vince Henderson a civil servant of the commonwealth of Dominica who should be impartial serve as campaign manager for the DLP. Dominicans is this the next level we are told about. When total disregard and disrespect for the constitution and rule of integrity and fair play. This is the rule of dictatorship, not democracy.
buh wa d hell da hav to do wit ntn na
Illiterate
Please ask Ms Benjamin if she renounced her Canadian citizenship and if so please present the documents to the general public..
Canada is part of the commonwealth so she doesn’t need to
Yes to run as a candidate she needs to but to vote she doesn’t have to…
Papa Dom …you are really dum. Do your research before you come on here and look like A fool
Read the constitution folks. A Bajan could be the P.M. of Dominica.
do you have to pledge upon becoming a Canadian citizen? Do you have to renonce to your Dominican rights?
Dominica allows dual citizenship. Why should she have to renounce her citizenship? Canada is not a foreign country or should not be considered as such since it is a commonwealth country.
Queen Elizabeth is the Queen of Canada. We make our allegiance to her when taking the citizenship oath. This is the Law of Canada.
Immigrants become citizens because they reside and are employed (the latter, most of them anyway), in this country. They do this for convenience reasons. Those who especially are employed are taxpayers and are entitled to all what Canada offers to its citizens. Why not take advantage of this opportunity? Some also get involved in politics and the political process and in other matters. As residents/citizens, what affects the country affects them.
No, first of all you can have dual citizenship, as mr. Skerrit had but secondly both Canada and Dominica are members of the Commonwealth, whose citizens can take part in each others elections and stand as a candidate.However, that does not apply to U.S. citizens for example, who have dual U.S./Dominican citizenship, who are eligible to vote but can not stand as a candidate for member of parliament.
Some people like to just write, and while they are entitled to their opinion, they are not entitled to the facts!
The constitution is a document that is there in black and white.
Taken from Section 31 and 32.
Subject to the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a Representative if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he-
is a citizen of Dominica of the age of twenty-one years or upwards;
has resided in Dominica for a period of twelve months immediately before the date of his nomination for election or is domiciled and resident in Dominica at that date; and
is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the House.
Subject to the provisions of section 32 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified unless, he-
is a Commonwealth citizen of the age of twenty-one years or upwards;
is Domiciled and resident in Dominica at the date of his appointment or nomination for election; and
is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the House.
Disqualifications for Representatives and Senators.
32.-
A person shall not be qualified to be elected or appointed as a Representative or Senator (hereinafter in this section referred to as a member) if he-
is by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state;
is a minister of religion;
is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in Dominica;
is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court of law in any part of the Commonwealth or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended;
subject to such exceptions and limitations as may be prescribed by Parliament, has an interest in any government contract and has not, within seven days of his nomination as a candidate for election or, as the case may be, at least seven days before the date of his prospective appointment, disclosed the nature of the contract and of his interest therein by means of a notice published in the Official Gazette and in a daily or weekly newspaper circulating in Dominica; or
holds or is acting in the office of President.
Cosmos Odyssey
Hats off! It is posts like yours which help to educate rather encourage the spewing all kind of misleading emotional rants on this medium.
I also want to say 10 points to the UWP for calling off the Wesley encounter. I almost sent in a claim for consultancy and advisory fees to them following one of my posts but then I heard the Police saying that there had been discussion with the both parties on the matter of avoidance of conflict etc.
They really needed to change the image of the Paygua conflict which they created some years ago and the destruction of the other party’s paraphernalia, state of emergency in Mahaut to prevent Freedom from keeping their meeting etc. Both sides need to guard against confrontation and both sides are probably guilty to some extent of conflict but to be truthful the UWP is the one with the reputation and history of political confrontation and threats. Good move for change!
To Cosmos Odyssey.
Hello and good morning my people. Informative piece and I would like to know where can I purchased a copy of our Constitution.
Blatant disrespect for good governance. Dominica’s Ambassador to the UN is Campaign manager for the DLP. Is that in keeping with impartiality. Well a precedent has been set with Venezuela as the non-resident Ambassador to that Country is the Dominica Labour Party PRO!!!!!
To Anonymous .
Hello and good evening my people. I don’t vote or take sides in Politics in Dominica rather I want the best for my country regardless of Political Party. Hello I read you post almost everyday and I know you are smarter than that. Mr Henderson is a Political Appointee of the DLP who nominated him as Dominica Ambassador to the United Nation therefore he’s a member of the DLP. There is nothing wrong with his current position or activity but if the DLP lost this election he won’t be the Ambassador.
Jump high jump low the village of Wesley going blue come election day
So why still walk around in the village? you all know the people have to do work up there all day for the event later on, why not do the walk in Woodford Hill because that’s where you were going to hold your meeting, you people like to much trouble but this will end soon after this election you all will be no more.
well if skerrit taking all d money to put up billboards how u expect us to have money??….Change is a must
Interacting with the people on the ground is more effective than just having a big stage with a lot of noise. Both have their uses but only hard leg work will let you know how people are really living. Big fete is no substitute for that.
What hell reschedule. Money all you doe have
Money is the root to all evil and thats what we are seeing happening
Suprise Surprise…. you must be a man of your name
Of your daddy and mommy name. Didn’t they tell you?
To Bomboclat.
Hello and good evening my people. Why have two rallies in the same village when we know this type of thing can cause some supporters of both party to get into a confrontation. I think its a prudent and practical move for one party to postpone their rally. I can only imagine if you at a rally where both parties a present. Anyway let both parties put forward their platform so our people can decide.
PM you had the election date in hand therefor its quite ok that you have your manesfesto ready after four days , nothing to boss about.
Thumbs up for UWP for puting off your meeting, avoid all confrontations. God is surely in control .
In this case, are you certain God is in control? Some of you use the Name of God in everything as this which you should not. If you make this statement for one Party, you must make it for both.
Yes, don’t give Skerrit any excuse to bring in his tonton macoute.
Wimp! Wimp!
Who is a whimp? Lennox Linton for not wanting to put our citizens into peril or Roosevelt Skerrit refusing to have a public debate? Lennox Linton is not afraid to walk the streets of Roseau alone. Can Skerrit do that? Even to go to have a haircut he needs protection. Is that a man who is loved or a whimp? You tell us.
Skerrit and his DLP must stop hiding behind skirts and deal with real issues. At their meeting tonight we expect them to answer questions like:
1. The closure of Big Bang
2. Why was Bing Bang operating under a license issued to? convicted money launderer, Julian Giraud?
3. Who issued the license to Julian Giraud?
4. Was the Honorable Prime Minister and minister of Finance present when such license was issued?
5.Where was the Hon. PM Roosevelt Skerrit when such license was issued?
6. Assuming the PM was out of state will he honestly tell the nation why he left the state?
7. Who acted as Prime Minister while the Hon. was gone?
8. Assuming Ambrose was the acting PM, did Mr. Skerrit carefully examined and looked into documents signed by Mr. George sine he knew that Mr. George was already fired both by himself and late PM Charles for questionable conduct?
10. Assuming the answer is yes, did the PM question Mr. George about said documents and was the PM happy or unhappy with answer?
11. Assuming the PM was not happy, did he take any steps to address them?
12. Can the Hon. PM honestly tell us that he knew absolutely nothing about the operations of Big Bang?
13. Will the Hon. Prime Minister honestly tell the people of Dominica if he ever received any gifts from BIG BANG?
14. Will Ambrose George be on the DLP platform tonight?
15. Will Ambrose George remain as the DLP candidate for Roseau North?
Even if am not a supporter of The Team DA I would love em to flog the Neo DLP comprising of DFP strays who subdued the few DLP lackies who have n Backbone to stand on their own since the passing of Rosie & Pierro. They did not have nor possses the testicular fortitude to object to the infiltration leading to the crap we have today.
Ex-priests ex-cafeteria commies etc etc under the guidance of DFP strays.
So which Party do you support. Do not state you will not vote. As a national you are obligated to vote. You cannot be forced to vote but you should vote. Otherwise you do not have a voice.
Keep taking your medication.
But all you joker man, you all know the date you all put all you things in place to print all you manifesto. And what is an ambassador doing involved in political partisan affairs? And why is it that labor is looking for trouble trying too stir up things.
@ AA are you for real? Linton been at the helm for a year now he claims he knows how to fix the country and is when election date is called he will put together his manifesto. All you well good to say something like that This man is ill prepared, and that’s who you all want to run our country? but they never had a plan so you wont see no manifesto, we ridiculed them so much about the online manifesto you as a leader heard all that before coming in a matter of fact your should’ve been out before the DLP, what a novice.
Real Possie is so ignorant, people should not waste time and reply to his comments.
haha so u announced it when you ready and now boasting how ready you are….
Yes I….. Boy UWP like trouble. So long Labour plan their thing now they coming last minute to spy. Why don’t they just go south when Labour go North. Why create a situation that could become volatile. I just don’t see the point. UWP have to come better than that ……But again look at their leader, he was born for confusion.
Workers had their thing planned way before election was called….is labour who rushing now to do everything …so if anyone looking for confrontation is labour..but workers are a peaceful bunch so the rescheduled give labour their time..
Really look again in the mirror
With respect brother but I think you have that the wrong way round and upside down. All I can see is labour following team Dominica, they always on the back foot.
Election date is known only by the PM so he will be the best prepared with Manifesto & campaign. It’s makes no sense for him to boast his manifesto 4 days after an election that he himself has called.
DLP is organized. UWP was calling for election. They should already have been prepared knowing that the election will be called at any time. Stop making excuses for UWP.
As far as I’m aware Team Dominica presented their manifesto last year with their historic meeting at Fort Young, I believe it was Oct., and have been building on it ever since. They have been attacked and ridiculed by the ruling party for their plans ever since, even if mr. Skerrit copied them along the way. They did not wait with their manifesto till less than four weeks before the election. Their manifesto is not just a piece of paper but a living dialogue.
For once I applaud the UWP for allowing commonsense to prevail. It does not matter which organization was the first to plan and publicize their activity. For me what matters is that a real possibility of “clashes” between supporters on either side is therefore averted. I do not support the UWP but give Jack his jacket and Jacqueline her lipstick. That aside though. The leadership of both parties must make a concerted effort to encourage their supporters to refrain from any form of violence against supporters of the opposing camp. Such violence must include respect for the person, respect for property (house and cars) and respect for campaign paraphernalia, whether on utility poles, vehicles, houses etc. We cannot over emphasize that point. It has to be a given at all political campaign events
You must also pray for a peaceful campaign and Election Day and get others to pray. Christians should conduct themselves respectfully and peacefully.
Wait a minute, Vince Henderson is Dominica’s ambassador to the UN,
yet he is the DLP campaign manager, isn’t that a conflict of interest.
Just asking
You fool the man job is a political appointment
hhhmmm…Make Way for the red train….I guess you guys doh wanna feel left out in the red sea…
do you have a job?
Do you have one?
Excellent move, Mr. Linton and UWP Team Dominica. They will try anything. If they want to follow us like little dogs, so be it. Trying to put on a fight , we wont be sucked into the provocation. As far as we are concerned, we have already won the election.
we not runnin tou pa tou ..it was already planned my fren allu try’n n follow us like little dogs cause for the longest while allu say’n to call it now we do allu running around like crazy ants don’t even know how to jump start ….or how to start …wen allu starting allu campaign ner doc love ?
Thanks Mr. Prevost for your foresight, good call.
I am so happy that UWP decided to call off the meeting for tonight . We’ll done team Dominica.
You happy they broke yes!
Isn’t Mr. Henderson an ambassador paid by the tax payers of Dominica? Then why is he here campaigning for a political party and not at his post in New York City? Only in Dominica.
Did you not read what he stated in an article? Go and read it again.
You are right. He is supposed to represent Dominica at the U.N. That is all people of Dominica, not only one party. How can that be?
cause de house is dissolved dumb dumb..
Wow that is why people refer to you all as fools . What does dissolving the house have to do with his post? it is like saying all civil servants can stay home because the house is dissolve. Go enjoy your banana.
To Plato.
Hello and good morning my people. Mr Henderson said he took his vacation time thats allotted to him but you must remember that he’s a Political Appointee of the DLP. Anyway he don’t even hold meetings with us in New York City to inform us of our country priorities.
But of course the manifesto is printed and ready to go four days after the election was announced. DLP knew precisely when the election would be called, so… duh!!
Good question. Is he off the Dominica Government payroll while he is performing the role of campaign manager? Maybe he is on a leave of absence from the government and is being paid by the Labor Party!
RES, RED, RED, RED, YOU DEAD , DEAD, DEAD, DEAD, if the people of Wesley vote Skerrit and Athenia , I believed the people deserved much better.
Tell me when you get a computer, lap top, Ipad, tablets how many of you know how to use these items and after election where will you get the money to pay the monthly bills people think of your future very seriously don’t allow your children blame for their future.
Vince sound like a child. We the only ones 4 days after the announcement to have a manifesto. Duh….. what difference does it make. Manifestos are the biggest scaming tool used by politicians. Show us your 2009 manifesto and give the people a chance to see you defend the success or failure of the government verses it 2009 manifesto.Do it in a formal setting, a debate.
What is a manifesto when both sides cannot sit down and analyze and or critic each others manifesto before an audience of people who are willing to listen to the issues and ideas and to make a sound evaluation of the politicians and their policy action.
Vince know too well that 5 out of every 400 Laborites will actually read the manifesto and within that 5 3 of them conviniently blind and bias,one may be objective and the other indifferent.
walk what walk, allow DLp to have there day and have yours some other da y Please . you UWP like dabar.
Are you clearly reading what was said? The meeting was cancelled so they decided to just have a walk instead. DLP was given their time. And who knows who had their meeting planned before. It was done to avoid confrontation. It’s people like you that make the country how it is. Common sense is not so common I see.
Obviously if you knew the date, you will be ready.
Not necessarily.
But Vince this is not a point. You all were the only one who knew when elections were going to be called so you could have had a manifesto the same day.
NO POINTS FOR THAT
Why the argument?
stupes but allu was always sayin you ready allu was asking for a date…so what’s your point
You are just too stupid and love rowrow. Go and look for work for you to do.