Various opposition parties, civil organisations, faith groups and union representatives are gearing up to meet later today to discuss the way forward following the Prime Minister’s announcement of a snap election last evening.
General Secretary of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Johnson Boston revealed that at the meeting which is scheduled for 5 pm at the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU), their main focus will be the lack of electoral reform here in Dominica.
“We were promised electoral reform following the 2019 general elections and here we are again going to face another election with no reform,” he told Dominica News Online (DNO).
Boston added, “ we don’t know where the report is. Over half a million dollars was paid to Sir Denis Byron and we don’t know if he took our money, we simply don’t know.”
According to the senior politician, the organizers which include the United Workers Party (UWP) and the National Joint Action Movement (NJAM) hold the view that what the prime minister is doing is provoking the goodness, the Christianity and the quietness of the people of Dominica, as such he opined that something needs to be done.
Boston went on to label the PM’s announcement of the snap election, which is scheduled for December 6, 2022, as ludicrous noting that the “prime minister last night behaved like a crazy person.”
“Listening to the address one would have thought that he was focused on the situation with petrol on the island as well as the heavy rainfall over the weekend that caused some damage in the east, but instead that wasn’t the case,” the DFP executive member stated.
“The reason he gave us was to give the DLP a fresh and new look. It can’t be about the labour party, it has to be more than the labour party. It’s a country you are running, not a camp of indisciplined politicians and ministers and members of parliament. It is a country you’re running and that is insufficient reason to give a country as to why you call an early poll 2 plus years before it is constitutionally due,” he argued.
Boston urged all citizens to join the meeting to add their voices to discuss what can be done to avoid a situation where the country will be generated into chaos and civil unrest.
All I know is this: That Dominicans are more prepared for storm than ever before. So let’s see how it goes. Dominica and FREEDOM is worth fighting for. In my lifetime, there was only one brave man in Dominica. But there may be many more. Dominica too sweet, boy. Let’s unite against the EVIL RED to rescue her from the jaws of those Jac-K-A.s-is. For too long they have taken Dominicans for fools. Well, this time the table is going to turn. I see madness, desperation and balls in someone who who fully knows his guilt and is try every trick in the book to evade and avoid having to answer for crimes committed. Well feller, you are in the last chapter, the last paragraph, the last line of that book. Curtains are closing. You have made your choice to deceive us and to enrich yourself by stealing our money and destroying our constitution. For this, you are tormented and acting Crazy/Foux. WE ARE READY.
The election observers came to Dominica to monitor the 2019 general election.The UWP lost by 7,219 votes,18 seats to 3 and 59.01% to 40.99% .At the end of it all the observers said,the 2019 election held in Dominica was free and fair and reflected the will of the people,and was conducted according to the ELECTORAL laws of Dominica.Not satisfied the UWP went to court.First the high court,then the appeals court,finally the CCJ.Every case was thrown in the garbage pail.Wonder if Juanita has an answer?
There is nothing in the laws of Dominica,or in the Dominica constitution which say Electoral Reform is a must.Every election held in Dominica has been free and fair and reflected the will of the people.Including the 1995 election won by UWP with 34.86% of votes cast.It is madness or the highest height of stupidity for anyone to believe that the majority of Dominicans will vote out DLP.The opposition problem is lies,propaganda and fake news,something they deliberately TRY to feed to the people for years.
I heard Gabriel Christian on Q95’s “hot seat” programme this morning promoting the idea that the opposition should take part in the election process even though it is flawed. Gabo, you are an intelligent man but even the CCJ has opined that
elections in Dominica should not be held in their present form. It is not enough to remove corruption from our country when Skerrit himself is the source of that infection and the only remedy is to excise that source radically. No election without electoral reform!!
In this critical moment of grave trepidation and danger, what is the role the media is playing? They have reduced themselves to just disseminating prepared scripts from mostly sources of the unethical ruling regime.
Where are the interviews from the relevant players? Where are the unbiased voices of members of the editorial boards? This unconscionable silence of the mainstream media shows a callous disregard for the governance of the country.
Finland, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands are the best governed countries on the globe. There is a common thread that binds these countries. All of them have a vibrant and prying PRESS.
Whosoever control the media control the minds of the people. Roosevelt controls most of the media houses in Dominica.
No!!!!!!!!!!!! election without reform
Right now the opposition needs to stop talking about ‘no reform no election’ and go contest the election. We cannot surrender Dominica to the failed Roosevelt Skerrit who has failed us for 22 years as he admitted.
Now is time to take the message to the communities and I call on all of the groups above to be brave, of one mind and be focused on getting rid of Skerrit!
It’s 22 yes now since Skerrit has Dominica in pain, sorrow and hardship. It first started with him burying Rosie Douglas and Pierre Charles in their first term and found himself as PM, As PM from 2005, he has been changing candidates to give the impression that it’s the weak candidates that failing. From the group that’s been with him 18 yrs only Ian, Reggie and Blackmore were untouchable until last weekend he finally fired all three of them and all those that represented the labor party of Rosie & pierro. So the only one he didn’t fire is himself as the chief failed minister! H
Like the Ole Police on here rightfully said in his post, the time for dialogue is long gone. Its time for total civil disobedience in an coordinated approach island wide. NO ELECTION WITHOUT REFORMS!
So Bosso you crying and blaming the PM for the state of Freedom Party and UWP State of Affears, shame on you man. The Pm is within his constitutional right to call election any time he chooses go fix all you party and man up.
All this guy do is talk BS.Bosso has been a supporter of DFP for more than 40 years.Since UWP won the election in 1995 Bosso has become a man lost in the dessert,he doesn’t know where is East,West,North or South.The PATRIOTS are those who stayed or returned to build Dominica after Maria.People like Ds and man bites dog,Elizabeth and Eagle eye.The thousands of people living in the $250,000 $300,000 and $400,000 houses given to them free.The over 3,000 employed under the NEP programme.The hundreds of people employed in the Yes We Care.The hundreds of people over 70 receiving $300 monthly.The hundreds of people employed at Clear Harbour because of Labour,are all going to make sure Labour is back in power after December 6.The PEOPLE is the majority,and the majority is LABOUR.These had 3 years to prepare instead their time in court,only to be rejected over and over again,and behaving like house NIGG*** listening to their white slave master KENNETH RIJOCK.
Nothing at all to discuss. It’s simple: NO ELECTION WITHOUT REFORM!
We said “ No reform no election. Truth is, we didn’t get reform but there shall be an election on December 6. If we don’t contest that’s what Skerrit would want because that would give him all 21 seats. Say we going to protest we would be playing right into his desire. In the world of sports or even in the lottery world in other to win it we must be in it. Right now I believe we should contest all 21 seats and go at Skerrit really hard. If UWP doesn’t want to contest as a party them go up in all 21 constituencies as independent candidates. We cannot surrender the country to Skerrit and who knows how God will help us if we give him something to work with? Yes Skerrit has the money and he thinks he can buy votes at will but he has brought Dominica on its knees and people are suffering so we just don’t know how people will vote if they get a strong message of hope. So for sake of country let’s do it my people
Well prophet, I don’t agree and we should call Skerrit’s bluff. We would look like mouldy dough and lose any respect we have left to go along with his charade of an election. Yes maybe the opposition might end up with one or two seats but what for. Selling your soul for a rep salary and being shut up and insulted in parliament. No my boy, not again. I would prefer to eat dry bread instead and be free of Skerrit. As it is we can speak more freely and make noise outside Parliament than inside. It is NO and time for action.
@The Old Prophet, you cannot give God something to work with, He works through His chosen people by His own Will. Those people’s responsibility is to obey His command, and be humble in their ways, for His glory; it does not belong to them.
So, it has to be with the Prime Minister of Dominica, who is a servant of God Almighty, on behalf of His people there. PM Skerrit has acknowledged that truth several times.
Therefore, God’s judgment will be either on the people, according to their reception towards the works of His servant, or on the servant himself, according to whether or not he did the works according to God’s Will.
If we claim to be Christians, we have to learn to allow God Almighty to have His way in us, otherwise we bring His judgment of wrath against us–maybe many of us in Dominica are going through that kind of wrath because of our attitude, not because the way PM Skerrit does his work–who knows?
21 seats doesn’t mean a thing if the election was fought by one party only. One party elections have nothing to do with democracy, quite the opposite. A one party election would damage the DLP and Skerrit more than it would do them good. I personally believe it would be the end of Skerrit and possibly the DLP as well.
Very well spoken! Skerrit was hoping all parties would run and as such endorse his snap election with all those dead people still on the register.
NO ELECTION WITHOUT ELECTORAL REFORM! If this election is only contested by the DLP, it will be the end of Skerrit and the Cabal.
With a straight face, the PM spoke the following words to the Nation on November 3, 2022 in his Independence address: “Before I end, I wish to take this opportunity to address the issue of electoral reform. We made a commitment to the Dominican people in 2019, that we would engage an independent party to look at the issues raised about electoral reform. We acted promptly in engaging Sir Dennis Byron, former President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, former Chief Justice of the OECS Supreme Court, and Privy Councilor, to serve as sole Commissioner to investigate and advise on the issues” What was the outcome of this exercise by Sir Byron? Was the commitment made to the people in 2019 withdrawn?
This election will never be fair and credible without electoral reform. Hence, the opposition parties need to boycott this charade of an election. They should not give this flawed process a modicum of credibility.
Satan is Satan and he will stop at nothing because his mission is to Steal, kill and destroy. He once again ignored the call of no election no reform and went ahead with his 666 mark of the beast election date. We should not surrender Dominica to Satan and therefore we should put everything behind us and go all out to the communities with a very strong campaign to defeat him. Let’s contest all 22 seats and put away our political differences and send candidates that can be strong in various constituencies. We can beat Satan right in his trap so let’s contest and beat him. We can beat him in Laplane, Castle Bruce, Grandfond, kalinago territory, Marigot, Wesley, Bawi, St Joe, Mahault, Roseau North, South and Roseau Valley. The country is hurting, people are crying in secret, people are dying, people want a change and his gods have depart from him and Our God is with us! Let’s go get him out people
@Satan is a Liar, if you knew the Authority, Power, and Holiness of the Almighty God, you would know he wants you to put Satan behind your back, and you would know that you are speaking blasphemy in that comment of yours.
Who is the “OUR GOD” whom you claim to with you?
Surely, he cannot be the Almighty God of Heaven and Earth, who appointed Mr. Roosevelt Skerrit, by the voice of the people of Dominica, to rule over us as Prime Minister?
So if you think that you are going to get Satan, by going up against the Prime Minister of Dominica, then you need to change your mind because I know for sure that the Almighty God is not going with you. He has and wants no dealing with Satan, who is way, way, way behind His back.
I am saying it again, forget your plan!
Skerritt doesn’t need fresh national elections to reshuffle the group of puppets around him. There isn’t any justification for a national elections at this time since we haven’t had the electoral reform in effect. I hope lessons were learnt from the talk of “no elections without electoral reform” last time around. The legitimate opposition parties and conscious civic groups need to organize and strategize and mobilize the few serious ones needed for whatever actions they are contemplating. Lesson learnt from the past is that a lot of citizens don’t want to get involved in open reactions to the corrupt cabal so develop plans and concepts which only requires a cadre of committed people, keep your plans and decisions close to your vest and inform on a need to know basis. Wherever possible try to widen and open crevices in the DLP for exploitation. Dominica’s salvation requires wisdom and I know that there are enough wise people in this effort. Good luck.
Johathan, are you saying that it is okay for the UWP to continue with interim leader (not completely chosen by the people) for the next 2 years, while Lennox Linton continue to be a member of Parliament, with a salary, because the people placed him there?
You suggested that “The legitimate opposition parties and conscious civic groups need to organize and strategize and mobilize the few serious ones needed for whatever actions they are contemplating”–whatever you are saying here.
Don’t you think that your suggestion would be better effective after their group has been reorganized? And is that not what this coming election will do, rather than leaving everything they way they are until late 2024?
Do not forget that Lennox simply resign as the Leader of the UWP; he is still an elected member and represents the people of Marigot. Should they not have a right make a fair choice as soon as possible, regardless if whether they choose him or not?
@elizabethlxavier, your response is very disjointed and makes no sense. I know you are only throwing stones at what I’ve submitted but re-read my post and yours and if you still can’t understand it then get someone intelligent to explain it to you rather than the hogwash response you posted. I won’t waste my time to go any further with this when my post is very clear and unambiguous.
It seems that yours truly the PM wants to be a dictator like they do in Haiti, Dominica is becoming another Haiti one man rule for life. Time for the United Nations to step in and see what is going on and The United States too with the US Army to set things straight and punish the want to be dictator. The British should send some people too since Dominica is part of the Commonwealth and was once a colony. Yours truly the PM needs to be arrested and confined at Stock Farm in his own jail along with his henchmen running around in camouflage playing soldier. They need to meet some real soldiers.
Pure rubbish why would the United nations and the US get involved in another man leadership. PM has done nothing wrong by calling for a Snsp election like they did in Bsrbados and Mia swept the Votes. He is not doing anything illegal or breaking any election laws. Please don’t start an uproar we can’t afford it now. Let opposition choose a leader and challenge him. Give the people a chance to voice and every vote count. Now we should encourage people to vote as time is of the essence. No trouble.
Thats a man with fortitude , in other words a man with balls show then Bosso.
With the fortitude and balls you attribute to him, now is the time to test what you think he has by getting his Party to put up candidates in the upcoming elections facing the Dominican electorate. You must not attribute things to people on the whims of your silly imagination
to give credence to your political partisan beliefs. Do you know what fortitude is, lol. It would be interesting to know the response to Johnson Boston call for such a meeting.
One think I know, you haven’t got any balls. You are utterly devote of principals. You are a corrupt puppet on a string! Now get out of here.
He might have balls but he fires more blanks than the Boy Scouts
It look like you have a problem with the word FORTIUDE, what happen the way you sound it look like the word bother you, a you one of those companys in dominica that clean sewer pipes and septic tanks? skerrit have a job for you plenty sheets to get rid of .
No more talk wanted, action is required now. No more elections without reform! Uncle thinks he is so clever…
Can’t comprehend that a man is so evil and hated called an early election and his opponents so upright and honest are spouting so much ignorance and foolishness. Wow.. like are not prepared to contest the elections but rather spouting their usual nonsense and excuses. It’s so strange that the seats they won aren’t stolen but the seats their opponents eon are. Can’t understand why anyone who believes this ignorance. Obviously, they don’t command the majority of people to support them. All they do is to aspersions without factual evidence. Fooling their blind to behave in uncivilized manner and hide in their hands when they are face with consequences. People go and vote and don’t follow these cowards. They are not brave enough to lead much less govern the country.
@Colombo, I say “Well spoken, my friend”!
“not prepared to contest the elections” How long have they been around, contesting general elections?
The last one was held 2 years ago, should they not have enough time to be ready, even if this one is 2 years earlier?
If they went through the past 2 years without being ready, how will they be read 2 years later?
Alll of all you are waste of time…
All of society should register their utter disgust and disapproval against this sadistic goblin for perpetrating two decades of atrocities against the Dominican people.
It’s pellucid. Roosevelt thinks that a celestial being has bequeathed Dominica to him. He has used his present position and the resources of the State to intimidate, subjugate and manipulate the beleaguered citizens.
The residents should come together in a massive show of force and shut down the country. In any democracy, the people are the boss and the elected representatives are the servants. The people need servant leadership NOT dictatorship.
Unite people, unite. For we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
Oh really! That’s your intelligent response…. Violence!!!. No wonder the DLP has been in government for so long. What’s the alternative???
Talk is cheap. Can you step up IBO. Who is going to take the Mantle. With all your huge Oxford words you can ask to close the country but would you step up when trouble starts. NO NOT One. The opposition Mr Linton was the only qualified candidate. The others blowing crap. OK I did not hear too many complsins when Mia called for early election in Barbados. I would like change but there is not one that is prepared to face PM Sketitt. Do your Thang Sir!!!!You are large and incurred. Still waiting for another to take up the Cross…….PM is better than having no leader…Well done sir!!!
Typo…Large and incharge…
No, it would be better for DA to have no leader than have what they got at present. And don’t you worry about who is going to take the ‘mantle’, you might be surprised. And where would that leave you and your corrupt friends. Be careful what you wish for!!!
You asked for it, you got it. Now, you are filled with disgust. What more are you filled with? You just do not know what you want. Either you ask for curry chicken or brown stew chicken. Honestly speaking, I see no alternative to Roosevelt Skerrit. All these Freedom Party, UWP Party and NJM candidates are just jokers in a packet of cards. It is not like there was an alternative to Patrick John and we voted in Miss Charles, Brian Alleyne and company. This time there is no alternative but a bunch of political jokers.
DS don’t get numb because I spoke the truth. Who on the opposition can face PM. Truth must prevail; PM at least knows the in and outs of Dominica. Tell me where I went wrong. I know you had odds against Linton but he was the most qualified to takw on our PM…..I am not filled with disgust because I spoke the truth.
I was responding to IBO France, not you. Sorry about that if you thought it was you. I apologize.
Ok DS I hear you……Appology accepted
Are you not tired of fantasizing, lol, is this how you wake up every day and do with your mind. Do you ever think before you express such worthless rhetoric. Do you really think that a massive show of force and shutting down the country is what needed in Dominica right now. You are entitled to have your imaginary beliefs as to what you think about the Government or The PM, but these things belong to you.
What makes you think you can come on this medium and make such repetitive silly statements with your eloquent words and grammar regarding the Country, thinking Dominicans will adhere to your worthless rhetoric, you are possessed by an ideology which
disregards reason. The crises we have right now, determines the future of our Country and all Dominicans should do some introspection.
I agree Ibo! I’ve been saying for a long time that we need to revolt and asking when the revolution begins & who’s joining me…but nobody ever answers. Nobody wants to join me but I was (and still am) 100% being serious about the revolution. Too many Dominicans love to complain about the government 24/7 365 but nobody ever wants to take action to change that. Well, I do but I alone cannot take down the government, WE as a people need to come together & take them down. There’s more civilians than there are politicians, we CAN get rid of them if we stick together, but unfortunately most Dominicans are just all talk. They sit on their as. all day complaining on Facebook but don’t have the guts to bring about real change. It genuinely upsets me but part of me thinks I should just give up about starting a revolution & just let the people suffer. They’re the cause of all of this after all. They’re enabling Ayatollah Skerrit by not doing anything about him & his associates
I fully agreed 100% with Pm Dr Skerrit, to call a snap general election and has the right to do so at anytime of the day, I would have done the same had I been in his shoes, grow up cry babies Mr Skerrit, is challenging and testing you guys abilities knowing that not one of you lots outside the LABOUR party administration is good enough for the top job, Go to bed early and cry in your sleep the lots of you.
YOU would do, sucker. You are a sad individual.
Carlos, Ha ha ha, I am much too intelligent your arrogant comment makes no sense at all come better than that.
Time for political discussion has long expired, it’s now time for “civil disobedience” by those true patriots who are vehemently opposed to this dictators blatant in your face disregard for the constitutional rights of those who oppose the style and governance of the Skerritt cabal and regime.
And violence would get us where?
Why is this platform allowing the comments calling for violence?
Very irresponsible of you!!!
Not irresponsible of him but irresponsible of the CM!
Didn’t your CM ask his supporters to persecute opposition supporters a while back. So the CM is allowed to do that? Man, don’t make me laugh! All you Skerrit supporters are unbelievable. Greed has blinded all you and made you stupid!
I agree with you wholeheartedly. It’s too much talk and too little action. All right thinking, fair minded, patriotic Dominicans should forget temporarily about the politicians, take the bull by the horn, and disrupt the status quo by shutting down the country with massive street demonstrations.
If Dominicans allow Roosevelt to have his way on this one, Dominicans are doomed for generations to come. Dictatorship, corruption, poverty, injustice, police brutality, fraudulent elections, joblessness, heinous crimes, dysfunction of the civil service , anarchy will render life in Dominica unlivable.
The time for ACTION is NOW!