The United Workers Party (UWP) is well on its way to filing election petitions challenging the outcome of the December 6, 2019, general elections in Dominica.
UWP president, Issac Baptiste said they are progressing with preparations to have the petitions filed within the next 21 days provided for under the law.
The United Workers Party has maintained that there were voting irregularities during the elections which the Dominica Labour Paty (DLP) won by a margin of 15 seats (18-3) and have accused the DLP of stealing the elections.
In a recent radio interview, Baptiste called on UWP supporters to assist with the battle ahead.
He said his party will need financing to meet the cost of the challenge that they are going to take to the judiciary.
“You can make your contribution either through the UWP website, through your candidate at the various constituencies; in a party office you can also do that,” Baptiste said. “Soon we might have a radiothon to raise funds but, most importantly, we have our membership cards.”
He said persons can purchase a membership card or renew theirs for $EC5.
The UWP official said he is certain that if the 16,000 persons who voted for the UWP purchase their membership cards, this bring in some funds to compensate the attorneys who will be working on the matter.
Baptiste said further that the UWP believes that the institutions of the state – the President of Dominica and the Electoral Commission did not facilitate a free and fair election adding that it is an “established fact” that the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) under the leadership of Roosevelt Skerrit seemed to have perfected the art of “stealing elections”.
He contends that because of what they have witnessed in the 2019 general elections, their position on electoral reform must be reviewed.
Prime Minister Skerrit hs promised to initiate the process of electoral reform within the first 100 days of his new administration. He said recently that former CCJ president Sir Denis Byron has accepted his invitation to perform the role of a one-man commission in this process.
Skerrit has also urged the UWP to fully engage in the electoral reform process and implored them to put the “destructive rancour and revolt” behind them, pointing out that all the observers, “including your friends, have pronounced the elections of Dominica free and fair.”
Isaac Baptist, Instead of you standing there looking like a big booboo talking frat why not give a helping hand in tree planting and pretend to be a good citizen just for once, another thing show the whole world how stupid you guys are at that social network so-called party.
This man is a bloody idiot if this is the type of people we Dominicans has got to put up with God help Dominica!!
“Nehemiah was devastated when he heard the wall of Jerusalem was broken down and burned. He wept and mourned for Jerusalem. Something happened inside of him, he knew something had to be done. He knew that it was not God’s ultimate plan that Jerusalem be in ruins. He got permission from Araxerxes to rebuild the walls of the devastated city.” The wall was completed amidst all the discouragements of the public. Dominica needs a WALL. A wall of electoral reform, ID cards, proof of citizenship outside of CARICOM trespassers and invaders. If you truly love your country, then stand up for justice and free elections. I stayed away from these online stuff, but I saw too much injustice taking place. The night before the 2019 elections I didn’t and couldn’t sleep. Same thing the following night and I had a very strange sad feeling about Dominica. God only knows how I felt. There will be deliverance for Dominica and I have not doubt.
I would hit Mr. one sjay blows on his mouth alone!
The reason why UWP won’t accept defeat because they want to use this to raise money . It is a scam
What kind of party is this!!!!! want ro go cout and can’t pay the bill.
This is a RED FLAG to uwp supporters.
going to war without arms is done only by foolish leader’s.
No strategie , no plan But we going to war!!!!
Linton real is the biggest fool in history.
i belive he should be place in a mad house.
And belive me,i am not joking about that.
This guy is not well mentally.
So sad to see people will follow a blind and fall into the ditch also.
At the end of it all as i all ways say with love
Linton is a JACK …!!!!
You are the UWP president so stand up for the right, don’t give up the fight. We need checks and balances in our gov ernment; If in fact we have one. “Government is by the people (not by those who are living sweet abroad and flying in just to taint our election) of the people, and for the people.” For the people and not for a particular party. I wonder what was the reactions of the thousands of Haitians who voted in our elections after a result came in!
You asking your supports to cough up their hard earn cash to line the pockets of your lawyers, if you guys are really looking out the country and the interest of the ppl, shouldn’t your lawyers do this without taking money from us? That just goes to show that u guys are just concerned about your pockets, you don’t care about the people and the country, you want to get into office to enrich yourselves. I feel sorry for the few misguided souls who are going to donate monies to you for you to give to ur lawyers.
Unfortunately, I think that it will be all for naught. Skerritt has too much influence, even on the courts.
You guy have a poor record in the courts, yet you keep coming back to the well asking hard working people to give more cash to make lawyers rich. Give the courts a rest. In as much as I think Skerrit and his gang are correct, I would not give you a cent to take that case to court.
You see those two Bible names “Isaac Baptist”, boss the way those so called servants of God and Christians behaved during the election they even caused my faith to be weak. Forget about Joseph Isaac we call Judas because even though he has Bible names I already knew he was a greedy person. But to see how is pastors, bishop, priests, preachers that supporting evil and taking the lead to promote Skerries corruption? I mean Skerrit violated everything in the Bible the church once preached be it “by the sweat of the brow…” the sanity of marriage where the man is head of his home, “thou shall not steal” “godliness exalts a nation,…” Now it seems that is UNGODLINESS that exalts a nation and righteousness is a reproach based on the behaviour of church people since they so deeply involved in the evil of Skerrit. I think this country is Very sick and I am sorry Isaac Baptist, the court will change nothing. It’s an evil country where wrong is right and right is wrong so don’t…
My problem with the UWP is they give people the impression that Dominica is a real country where the rule of law and our Constitution is in tack. My party, according to Skerrit Da is NOT a real country and our laws and Constitution CANNOT stop Roosevelt Skerrit Alibaba! This is a country that is corrupt to the core and morality & godliness means nothing now! How do you expect to get justice from the court when we already know Skerrit owns the Court, the president, the police, the media and even the religious leaders like the bishop, priests, Evangelist, pastors and all groups one would expect to turn to for help? Sadly, the state of Dominica today is no different from how the earth was in Gen 6:12 “God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.” Folks, it was because of that we read of the flood of Noah. Not only have our religious leaders accepted bribe but they too carried bribe envelopes. So think Court will help us
i feddup. If uwp can prove to me that this is an open and shut case,, then i will contribute. Same old cycle. Everything is owned by Skerrit
I am reading this thing and I am embarrassed for them. If you cannot afford to buy a car my advice is take the bus. How as a party can you ask your supporters to finance a court case you know you cannot win. What is really going through your head as a leader? Instead of advising your supporters to block roads and destroy Dominica you should have been thinking of ways to raise funds. Instead of paying Haitians to block roads in Salisbury you should have save that money nonsense. I am disgusted by the UWP politics and the way they try to use Dominicans. You guys are way to disorganized and disfuntional. Linton said for the world to hear “no one is helping us” God help those who help themselves.
No, in your case you just go to your master and ask for envelope in exchange for vote. You corrupt creature!
LENNOX LINTON.Financial center and Government Headquarters to be secured from 9 pm following victory. LINTON as Prime Minister of Dominica that will NEVER,NEVER happen.It is easier to see CYRIL become Commissioner of Police than LENNOX LINTON become Prime Minister.
Bapyiste, that is supporters abuse. Why every time is the supporters of the UWP that have to foot the party’s court bills? Where is all the monies Lennox raised in the US?
What sense does it make when you know that’s another loosing case for the UWP.
This morning you were on Matt show and you said if the UWP HAD WIN THE ELECTION there would be blood shed.
Sir according to your statement, are you not admitting that the DLP won the election?
So what really is your point of going to the court?
“if the UWP HAD WIN THE ELECTION there would be bloodshed”
Kid, did Lennox actually say that? And his followers were the ones who started up the way of bloodshed weeks before the elections.
He was the one who told the President that the coming days would be very interesting and he said that the election would definitely bring civil unrest–because he knew that he and his party could not win.
The only reason there was no war after the election was because PM Skerrit called for protection for his people of Dominica. Lennox was too foolish to know that the Prime Minister would do that
But what made him think the UWP could and will ever win any general election in D/ca under his leadership?
Right now, instead of them accepting their loss and to move on with stern plans to show the people that they are going to take the “driver’s seat” they are begging their followers to pay for a court case which they can never win. When will they ever learn?
Baptise, you come back AGIAN you all could not take care of six seats. We took 3 from you only 3 you have left is more blowes you want. NEXT TIME IS ALL GONE CON DI CHAT LA. Labourites, stop telling UWP, change their leader, real change leader is LL, I Danzi, want Lennox to stay as UWP, leader. Bapto, merry christmas pick up all the cash fr yr supporters AND COME BACK TO FILE IN THE LAWSUIT IN THE NEW YEAR. See you in 2020.
so why the lawyers cannot do it for the sake of whatever it is that they are fighting for?
why monies have to be taken from poor peoples pocket to pay all you lawyers?
all you already crying how the country so mal and minimum wage is $4.05, so all you asking a man to work more than the minimum wage to contribute to paying all you lawyers
Good to see that the fight is continuing, Doh make mistadem take this election like dat.
Make sure allyou dot all the Is and cross all the Ts make sure this complaint is bulletproof because Skerrit-dem have all them Bullets,,,
looks like all them Laborites regionally is on Skerrit side, must be something they worried about like if Skerrit go down all of them will go down too cause they all in the same corplo together of CBI fraud,,,
@RastarMarn, how foolish! Where is PM Skerrit going to go down to, and we, the people, are the ones keeping him up; because his work is to our satisfaction, and we love him. Go down to where? Stuuuuuupes man!
“You can make your contribution either through the UWP website, through your candidate at the various constituencies; in a party office you can also do that,” Baptiste said”.
While you complain that PM Skerrit is giving to his followers to win his Title, you asking your followers to give to you, which always gives you the loss. How can you do that?
People who challenge someone in court must be prepared to take the bill; now you are saying that you don’t have the financial resource, which is needed to take the DLP to court; if it is not from your followers and radiothon. What if you don’t win the case; which my insight has shown me that you are heading for another dreadful defeat
If I were you I would not put this one on the media for the World to read, nuh!
it is quite evident that there were major irregularities in DEC 6 election It is the democratic right and privilege to challenge these irregularities in the election process unless you are on the side of dictatorship..
Clayton, name the irregularities and the laws that were broken. The observers saw none.
Elizabeth never said they do not have a right she simply said it is not right to ask the supporters to pay for that right!!!
UWP insist on saying Dominicans are brokes and relies on rthe RED CLINIC for SURVIVAL now they asking these same BROKES AND POOR people to pay for their legal bioll to challenge the election result??? This Clayton Shillingford is down right SHAMEFUL!!!!! All you saying Dominica is last kakarat how we so poor and hungry blah blah bl;ah but instead all you try to assist a poor person all you trying to take bread from their mouth??? Clayton that is down right WICKED!!!!
ISAAC BAPTISTE WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE FUNDING YOUR LEGAL CASE!!!!!!!!
Clayton, it is “quite evident you say”!
The word that comes from “evident” is “evidence” Do you know what that word means?
It means that you have all the items–in whatever forms– that are needed to prove your case, does your leader have those items at his disposal? Huh!
We still have I hope a democratic country.. There were many irregularities and the UWP has the right and privilege to challenge in court unless you think we are already under dictaorship
Dr Shillingford you and other followers of the UWP seem to have a very warped sense of what democracy is all about. In your mind the only true outcome of the election would have been for UWP to win. Any other result would be unfair and not free, infact, your leader concluded that the only seats that were won fairly were the three seats which his party won. Do you know how pathetic you guys sound. Your party ran a negative campaign fueled by violence, civil disorder and intimidation without offering anything to the electorate which would entice them to vote for you (apart from a fake $10.000 per head bribe for every Dominican if you were elected) but Dominicans saw that bribe for what it was and comprehensively rejected your party at the polls. The observer missions on the ground all came to the same conclusion “FREE” and “FAIR”. You guys should just accept your defeat and move on.
Clayton, everyone has the right to stand up for themselves when that demand arises. But without the tools to stand up with, such as sound wisdom, knowledge and a healthy financial status–the stand-up will be a no, no!
When a political party cannot afford to stand on its own, for whatever the situation may be; don’t you think that it is a turn-off for anyone who wants to decide to choose them as the Government of the Nation?
Well for me, that is weak, real, real, weakness, wee!
Oh please Elizabeth, you and you comments!!! SMDH
@Lizforsatan
You must be a real muttonhead to equate members of the UWP contributing money for a court battle to the cheating, bribing and stealing that went on in the 2019 election…You must be a Skerrit’s groveller to see no wrong in the myriad of things that Skerrit has been accused of..
But again it’s like Satan has already had your soul, so you are a lost cause!!!!
Wi ked soul!!
Skerrit
Whey is di money?
Whey is di money?
Whey is di money?
@Lizforsatan “You must be a real muttonhead to equate members of the UWP contributing money for a court battle to the cheating, bribing and stealing that went on in the 2019 election”
@%, refer to me as whoever suits your ego, that is a sign of a guilter conscience coming from you.
Now as to your quote above; again I am asking: Do you have the evidence to back up this foolishness of yours? For that is what it is as long as you cannot prove yourself.
Baptiste is making it clear that he and his party cannot afford what they want to do; it is 16 000 of you should pull out at least $5.00 from your pockets including Radiothon to tag their court bill; he said it loud and clear; aren’t you people ashamed?
Me, the muttonhead!
You are nothing but a low life hypocrite…
“to perform the role of a one-man commission in this process.” Eh?? A one man ting? And a foreigner besides? WOW…UWP fini-bat.
Come on people do it for Dominica. 16000 by 5 is 80g. Imagine if we handle this as a country.
So the UWP is selling to its followers in other to be able to prove themselves as good enough to rule the Nation; and you guys think that is it wrong for PM Skerrit to help those who are in need, through the Red Clinic?
If they are depending on their followers for a meg $80 000, including radiothon, then they are completely broke. Why take up situations that they cannot afford and could cost them much more than they have, because of continuous defeat?
Lennox thinks that he is big, and he wants to go from bigger to biggest, but at the cost of his followers? How pitiful!
@ Roseau Central
Well I am on board!!! With more than $5.00!
I shall and must contribute!!!
Skerrit
Whey is di money?
Whey is di money?
Whey is di money?
Baptiste stop taking money from poor UWP supporters to put into Wealthy lawyers accounts. Your ridiculous court challenge to an election which you were totally rejected and humiliated by the electorate, is just a sham. The entire election process was observed by three different external organisations who all concluded that it was free and fair yet you and your shambolic group of buffoons insist on dragging this on right through to the next election. If I were a UWP supporter you and Lennox wouldn’t see a penny of mine, and your poor supporters would be really stupid to give you their hard earned dollars to carry on your stupidity. Man, election done it’s time to move on.
You all just …. scared your big boaster Skerrit may lose this one. I already sitting by the ringside bro.
In the absence of passport money, that is only at Skerrits disposal, we have no other option. Have you all asked your Master about the issuance of diplomatic passports or have you all asked him to account for the missing CBI and PetroCaribe money? Fine patriots you all are! Selling all your country for an envelope with few dollars!
Corruption is corrosive. It eventually destroys all democratic norms and practices. I have a good feeling that many UWP supporters might be feeling down right now because the massive and ubiquitous corrupt practices that upended the true results. Weak people give up but the strong endure to the end. This is a fight for the soul of the nation. Even though the odds may be against you with the equally corrupt justice system, fight on. God doesn’t like the grotesque and widespread electoral fraud that took place during the just concluded sham elections. Millions of filthy money was used to corruptly engineer a particular outcome. A very high number of Dominicans will still continue to be on the unemployment line; shamefully visiting the Red Clinic for handouts until if collapses; lack disposable income for a rainy day for sickness and emergencies; and ruled by a disgraced king instead of a humble, morally and ethically strong prime minister. The descent to the abyss is almost complete.
@Ibo France “Weak people give up but the strong endure to the end”. How much further is that end in your mind?
Because, I believe your party reached the end following their last defeat, 20 years ago. When kind of end that you are heading to when right now, they don’t have the financial resource to stand with that quest or journey?
There is a saying that it has got to get worse before it gets better; can your part handle that degree of “worse”
“This is a fight for the soul of the nation”. I always want to grind my teeth to pieces when I read that foolishness from you all. The Nation’s soul would be at complete rest if you and yours would stop the antagonization.
If you want to fight for soul, fight for the soul of your followers, which has been in captive by the power of you all’s father, Satan. Each one of you needs an exorcism, starting with your leader. But God must be the Exorcist, not Pope, Bishop, and surely not your fake evangelist.
Just call on OJ and Bruney to raise the money by selling diplomatic passports. UWP just raising money to to waste, that’s why they can never win an election in Dominica. These idiots are making the same mistake they have been making since 2005 and the refuse to make changes. The UWP is a prisoner of its own stupidity. Has the UWP reviewed the results of the December 6 election where their popular vote count dropped by over 1000 compared to 2014? UWP is not a popular party, Dominicans don’t like bullies and they have rejected this violent party.
Baptiste, get a life and go find yourself a job to make more money. You are wasting your time and people’s time. You will never be in government. You all are hurt and jealous but, the people have spoken. Do not make a fool of yourself in court. Cara go eat all your money.
“And violent men take it by force” Matthew 11:12
So Mr Isaac Baptist you and UWP see COURT as the solution? All you think all you in America man?
Before the election all you knew Skerrit had already put things in place to steal the election, all you knew he brought Haitians down to vote in Roseau Central even if they resided in Pencilled, brought in thousands from the Diaspora to vote in constituencies he needed, unregistered himself from V/case to Roseau Central and had his supporters to unregister themselves from constituencies where their votes were not important to where they were needed and all you still participated in that mess? On election night instead of shutting down the country until death do us part, all you accept Skerrrit Christmas peace and now is more money all you asking to fight a useless court battle? So all you don’t see is during Christmas he calling election so he could steal the election knowing the Bishop and others will call for Peaceful Christmas?…
Baptiste should demand the supporters pay $ 100 each that is about $6,000,000.Pay court costs including the appeal,and POCKET the rest.
Just like Skerrit would do
Man, why can’t you all accept the loss and start working on the next election by getting reed of Lennox as the party leader. You are not better the Lennox , maybe he lennox could be better bu taking advice from people like you makes matter worst.
I do believe that the UWP Team should take time out and really discuss all that went wrong the pass election, we all knew if it wasn’t for Mr.Linton regardless if we like him or not he made a lot of what the other side is doing be out in public we wouldn’t know a lot of the dirt and under handed matters Dominica and Dominicans
are wrapped up in, going forward and it’s a matter of time we just have to keep our eyes open. UWP was told not to go into the election, yes they won the election but it was not suppose to be so about going to Court what do they expect the courts are part of the failed system, so why put yourself thru that. UWP you took part of the corrupt election now you want to go to court think about it, If you don’t want to take part in the Government you can do so but stop yourselves respect your supporters and enjoy the Christmas Season and regroup for the New Year. Let the DLP fail all by themselves.
What a waste! UWP will never learn from their mistakes. They will continue to money from their supporters. At the same time, is this a back door way for raising funds for the debt owned? Ummm…..
DNO so long that was published in the media.
Why are you trying to make the irrelevant be relevant. The UWP in done and dusted into the abyss of linton.
Because DNO is a mouthpiece for the UWP.
Well said…There are lack step with the UWP…
Having fought against any form of electoral reform in the lead up to the elections, Skerritt goes in national media minutes after the results were declared and made electoral reform a matter of urgency withing his first one hundred days in office. He has since contacted Sir Dennis Byron to review the elector laws and processes in Dominica. It therefore says a lot. It is a reasonabe conclusion by the uneducated man that he knew that the process was tainted and would work in his favor thus his staunch reaistance to any form of reform. Any judge with any conscience will look closely at his statement and ask why the urgency to implement reforms moments after winning the elections. This statement should ring loudly in the ears and head of the judge mandated to hear the case. The international airport did become a matter of urgency after he won. Elections are not due until five years later. It seems a reasonable conclusion that Skerrit had an agenda when he was so stridently against reform.
@ Gouvelma, My thoughts exactly, and his supporters know something is wrong with that picture but as bias as they are, will not admit it.
Gouvelma just like Lennox you are a parrot. Your concerns and reasoning are tasteless. You continue to degrade the DLP unjustly. You want people to believe that is gloom and doom in DOM, but, that’s just propaganda to achieve your point, Gouvelma. Reality is you are overseas working several jobs in order to keep a roof over your head. Your neighborhood is crime ridden, check the statistics of crime rate in DOM. You infrastructure in the is so bad you have to choose which ditch or pot holes you drive through. You are continually bashing DOM, you are a liar, who cannot buy yourself a ticket to come back to DOM to see the progress. Dominica NICE papa.
It was the UWP that fought against any form of electoral reform. Their actions at blocking election reform including violent demonstrations and court action to prevent the parliament from debating the electoral reform bill.