The United Workers Party (UWP) views with great concern a recent press statement issued by the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) and dated November 29, 2022, which blames our party for the cancellation of a proposed DLP rally in Salisbury that same day. In the view of the UWP this is a desperate attempt by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and the party that he leads, to fool international election observers into believing that the main opposition party is interfering with his highly toxic campaign of lies, deception and propaganda ahead of elections on December 6th, 2022.
It is important that we remind the public that the UWP is not participating in the 2022 elections because of the following:
- it represents a betrayal of the trust of the people of Dominica who were led by the Prime Minister to believe there would not be another election in the country before reform of the electoral process to remove the taints, that poisoned it into delivering unfair results in 2009, 2014 and 2019; and
- it confirms the unrelenting assault of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on the fundamental right of the people to elect their government through free and fair elections with integrity.
Undoubtedly, the Prime Minister wants the international election observers to believe that he is involved in a legitimate electoral contest, so he is falsely accusing the UWP of interfering with his campaign in a constituency he has brutally victimized and which the DLP has never won since the birth of the UWP 34 years ago.
The people of Salisbury recognize the right of the few supporters of the Dominica Labour Party in the constituency to freely assemble, associate, and participate in the election process. The request by some within the community for an apology from the DLP for teargassing sleeping residents on the morning before the general election of 2019, and trying to murder, imprison and impoverish them, is an invitation to engage civility and justice in our interactions as one people, one Nation.
Indeed, the request for an apology posed absolutely no threat to the DLP’s campaign activities in Salisbury or anywhere else in Dominica, as the DLP itself has clearly confirmed: “We shall nonetheless continue our campaign in every village, in every part of the Salisbury Constituency”.
The accusations levelled against the UWP by the DLP could very well create disruption leading to violence, the destruction of property and loss of lives. The attention of the international community is rightly focused on Dominica at a time when the people continue to call for electoral reforms.
We ask the international election observers to note that other political parties and civil society organizations (both in Dominica and the Diaspora) are calling for unity in opposing the sham election through legitimate protest action. We need and therefore humbly request the good offices of the organizations monitoring the election process to take note of the DLP’s attempts to mislead the people of Dominica and to unnecessarily heighten tensions during this period.
No need to apologize to this “recalcitrant DLP administration the modern day Jim Jones has never apologized for the horrific; repressive; savage attack on the people of Salisbury who did nothing more than stand up for their fundamental freedom and rights which you are hell bent on taking away from them; don’t worry guys one day i tell you one day skerrit is bound to pay.
The guy who received two (PhD’s) Doctorates, one for “deception” the other for “lying and stealing” believes that every time he opens his filthy political mouth people must believe him, garcon you tongue 👅 😜 needs to be disinfected and sanitized end of story, lying insect.
When this Party will get SENSE and understand. This release is such a remorseless and inept statement regarding the incident in Salisbury Constituency, no wonder this Party will always remain dysfunctional. One of the characteristics of insanity is inflexibly, keep on doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
At this point in time, the Dominican people do not need to be reminded why The UWP is not participating in the 2022 elections, and rehash rhetorical reasoning as to why, that is inept. Wasn’t there a cancellation of a proposed DLP rally in Salisbury due
to threats of violence and intimidation, and If the DLP accuses UWP Party followers for the cancellation, why the out cry about propaganda and a desperate attempt by PM to fool international election observers, why not condemn the violence and intimidation, isn’t that remorseless. This is just the continuation
of UWP and their drama.
Gary, I have to say that you are always speaking my thoughts.
Now I am wondering why you and I could not come to terms, when we first met on DNO, because of my beliefs in God, which had nothing to do with religion, as you claimed. And nowadays, I am always happy to read your thoughts here.
Let us remain strong and contribute to the enlightenment the minds of the People for the good of our Country. Again, God’s Will be done.
The handful of criminals in Salisbury are only bad in Salisbury.They are like a fish out of water outside Salisbury.For those lying to the Dominican people.On the night of February 7 2017 Matt Peltier recorded Lennox Linton saying to he Matt”What you see going on there will not stop untill Skerrit demits office or resign”Lennox was talking about the fire in Roseau,the destruction of public and private proper and the exchange of gunfire with the police.That same night Thompson Fontaine was recorded tell the police the truck will not go in the direction he(the police) want it to go.That is direct evidence of a conspiracy to overthrow the government.The Minister of National Security,the chief of police and the attorney general did nothing.After the December 6 2022 election all of them should be fired.For too long a bunch of lawless holigans have been trying to destroy this country.The government must act and act now,before it is too late.These UWP liars think Dominicans cannot remember.
PM just tell the truth for once. You shame and afraid of your own shadow so you called back your people and moved the launching. You trying to take out shame so you blame UWP. You are the local Don Quixote seeing windmills and calling them soldiers in battle. Stop hallucinating garcon. that tea sonny making is from low grade, change the grade.
Dominicans that fool will say anything about Salisbury, because he know he is not welcome to salisbury . The hard working people from that part of Dominica do’nt buy that nonsence that filth, that garbage, that come from that fool they call skerrit mouth. 2015 you tear gas them twice. 2019 you did it again, you and your rogue prime ministers of the caribbean, they send forces to destroy them, two people got shot you never say a word, and have vince lying on the people saying they who fire the shots , so he will say anything . What happen in 2019 not going to happen in 2022, the people a very prepared. Skerrit vince austrie and your goons are not welcome to Salisbury you cannot buy them,bunch of you know what.
This statement makes absolutely no sense. What benefit is to be derived by the government to persuading international observers that an opposition, which says they are not participating, are involved in undermining the election. It is in the prime minister’s interest for the election to be conducted as you all foolishly stayed out and gave him a free hand.
I have said it repeatedly. You all waste time day after day rehashing issues on which you can’t win. You all stubbornly hold on to your bad practices as will be demonstrated with the response of the majority of you here to my comment. I do hope you realize voting down people’s comment on DNO and trying to insult them for their views are not votes to enter political office. You all should just sit down and watch Skerrit win 21 seats because your initial strategy was wrong. He is now using your mistake against you as you can only prevent the elections from taking place with violence; playing into his hands.
“He is now using your mistake against you as you can only prevent the elections from taking place with violence; playing into his hands.”
So you make that statement right after saying the following:
“What benefit is to be derived by the government to persuading international observers that an opposition, which says they are not participating, are involved in undermining the election. ”
So which is it? He is not gaining anything from making the international community think that the oppostion is trying to violently prevent elections? Or that if people believed that was happening it would benefit him, or rather they would be “playing into his hands” as you say. You can’t have it both ways.
Is that kind of lack of critical thinking that have us where we at right now
@make it make sense, I suppose you are responding to “Garcon” and your response may be because you did not read the news article or you did not understand what “Garcon” is saying as usual.
But his question: “What benefit is to be derived by the government to persuading international observers that an opposition, which says they are not participating, are involved in undermining the election. ” is valid. And that is the indication of the UWP, for the reason PM Skerrit, did not take his delegates to Salisbury.
And Garcon is right, the whole message makes no sense; and neither do you.
I am sorry if my reasoning is way beyond your brain capacity. No one is trying to have it both ways. I am bringing to the attention of people the dilemma created by the first mistake.
But very good on your part, you tried to make a point.
Sacré UWP, don’t play SERPENT under grass. PRETENDERS, HYPOS, is violence you all want in the Country. PM, we voting LABOUR ALL THE WAY, and agian ET ENCORE. I red, red, red and i’m reddy to vote in the St. Joe con. ONE LOVE
Lying Roosevelt and his despicable party leveling bogus accusations at the UWP is nothing new. We have not forgotten that this man went before the entire world and accused the leaders of the UWP of attempting a coup against his government with musical instruments. He (Roosevelt) is the greatest LIAR known to mankind.
I repeat for the umpteenth time. Every thing Roosevelt says and does is calculated for political expedience. One should always verify before they believe what emanates from his mendacious tongue.
Lord, vindicate the people of Salisbury for the brutality meeted to them. Expone the DLP curtupt, cabal and destined-to-fail club.
In the end, when these are done, your Name will be exhalted and glorified in Doninica. Slerrit must go!
Be careful, it may very well be those hooligans in Salisbury who blocked public roads and stoned innocent passersby and then sought refuge in the houses and yards of innocent residents who receive your curse.
History does not favour the UWPwee in this matter. The calamitous events of 2019 are still fresh in the minds of locals and the Observers, alike. Salisbury 2022, last night, had the footprint, the faces, the actions, the words, and the voices of the UWPwee. We know this. BTW, what was the former UWP Parl Rep doing on the private property, her yard, of the DLP’s candidate?
Wow this a powerful mature response to the school yard bully and his unsavory and tactics.
Way to go……….
Quite right, let’s tell this liar what is what! What a disgusting creature and coward this PM is!