The Movement to Restore Democracy (MRD) and the Dominica Citizen’s Forum will host Dominica’s fourth “People’s Parliament” on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 6:30pm at the Peoples Park in La Plaine.
This People’s Parliament will feature informative discussions on the political, economic and social issues of our time. Interactive presentations will be made by competent national and local leaders.
Come out and hear the boycotting UWP MP’s explain their side of the unfolding parliamentary crisis. What is the real agenda of the speaker of the house and the government of the day? What is happening to our national economy? What is happening to agriculture in the east? Where is Dominica heading to? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the fourth Peoples Parliament this Thursday in La Plaine.
You, the general public, are invited to hear and to share your views on the important issues of the day.
The Movement to Restore Democracy and the Dominica Citizens Forum are civil society committees which are dedicated to the promotion of democracy, the rule of law and other good governing practices in Dominica. The opposition members of parliament are engaged in a boycott of parliament to register their displeasure with the unlawful manipulation of the electoral process which resulted in an overwhelming Dominica Labor Party victory in the December 18, 2009 general election.
The Peoples Parliament is held from time to time at different locations around the island as an alternative forum to ensure the survival of vibrant debate during this period of political crisis.
-PRESS RELEASE
Our Education in this country needs major reform too…..wow….
What a sad state of affairs here on DNO with these comments…
Ah boy StayTuned. Politics hot again you’re in your element!! I can imagine how much bottles of hand cream you running through these days abusing your self while trolling on DNO. Too bad I don’t have time to bash you over the next couple of months I would have a field day.
LOL are you saying that Edison didn’t lose the court case that got thrown out!!
StayTuned when your case gets thrown out and you’re forced to pay legal fees for the other party its even worse than losing. It means that the judge decided your case is a piece of s*** and a waste of time so they’re saying GTFOH with that BS!! lmao
I …….. 5 times for the morning already…
These people still trying to be in power? their voices will be better heard in the real parliament LET ME TELL ALL OF YOU, IT’S DIFFICULT TO PLEASE DOMINICANS WHEN YOU GET INTO POWER, SO THINK THATS ITS A BED OF ROSES.
ALL OF US JUST FORMING ASSOCIATION TO BAD TALK GOVERNMENT AND NOT TALK TO FIND OUT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR COUNTRY . A SET OF COUNTRY SMASHERS.
Though i support the DLP government i support people like Sam Raphael and others who contiue to bring to the attention of our leaders the many problems we face on a daily basis. However let me hasten to say i do not support their motive or the mrd. However i believe we must continue to highlight the things that affect our country.
Sam, you and your company has all the right to talk about the issues that are affecting us in
Dominica. Those who do support SOME of the Skerrite’s Regime defaults, need to hear about
them . For now we are not yet a communist state!
well sam by reading those comments it looks like no one wants that forum to take place and i bet is u alone will attend. hope i’m not too wrong.
Please indicate how many of the peoples parliament that the labour parl reps must miss for them to vacate their seats?
Is Sam Rapael going to declare the seats vacant
Sam is not par tof the cult Jim jones Skerrit movement. Repect to Sam.
LOOK JOKE DEM PEOPLE HARD OF HEARING….. AS FAR AS WE SHOWED THEM WE IN THE SOUTH EAST ARE FED UP OF POOR REPRESENTATION HMMMM WHAT ELSE DO THEY WANT TO SEE TO BELIEVE. STUPID STUPID STUPID. SAM YOU FOOL
and what’s your point exactly?
aa by the way the seat of te 18 member of the labour party should be vacant for not attending the people parlament. who is going to call thier seat vacant is it UNCLE SAM.
but Sam was the one who said no too long ago, THE GAME IS UP after Hon Prevost went to parliament.
I must have missed out on something.
Again my people is Sam Raphael the problem? increased unemployment, decline of Agriculture, rise in crime and violence, increased child abuse cases, more and more poverty, issues of respect for our constitution are just some of the problems affecting Dominicans. Everybody has the right to Assemble, to belong to whatever organisation or political party he or she chooses. Everyone has the right to discuss issues of development with whoever he or she wishes to. Once the actions and associations are within the legal framework, what should you be afraid of. You should raise concerns about the importation of vegetables and many other food crops in this 21st century imported into our beautiful Nature Isle, land of abundant water and rich soil. Many of those crops Dominica could produce and with more nutritional value. Human beings are endowed with a brain so that we could think. Let us think positively and put Dominica first, instead of literally trying to chop off the heads of fellow Dominicans like yourselves who wish to continue to contribute to the overall development of the Nature Isle. Never have some of you belittle the foreigners who have done much harm to our country. Wouldn’t you all stop such rotten behaviour. Everyday like that day after day, is a barrage of bad tongue and dog eat dog attitude? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel for many of you? Only darkness surrounds your lives?
OnTheBrightSide, who imported vegies into D.A.? Who signed the import licences ? It’s a stinking shame that any minister of Government would give an import licence to any one to engage in such practices. But again thats what our private sector likes to do best. IMPORT.
And as for us Dominicans we must change our mentality. Why do we have such a large food import bill? Why do we import so many things that can be grown / produced right here at home?
We live in a free enterprise { capitalist } country but government must not allow people / companies to import such items as vegies into our country. We have the land people and plants are more than willing to grow .
Recently an Antiguan minister { government } said he would not sign any import documents to import into Antigua any thing that could be produced or is available in Antigua, THAT’S what our government should be doing to protect local agriculture . OUR young people must stip depending on government to do for them what they should and must do for themselves.
I guess that’s what the next level is. The bad thing is that instead of Dominicans doing something about the root of the problem, they fertilize the root of the problem and try destroying anybody who can speak against it.
Why dont you give it a rest Sam…………………………………and stop making a public fool of yourself!!!!
You bunch of arhses really do not know when to stop
Smokers park?Shame,take them Ron green goat field.
Sam who you think you fooling? Not most of the intelligent Dominican people my dear!
MRD’s Sam Raphael, you need to stop pretending every one knows that you are in cohost with the UWP, so stop it we are tied with you and your pretence. shame on you, Dominica has a Parliament and dont need to have any such forums in the rum shop and parks, we are proud of our parliament which is held in the house of assembly ,so stop it SAM.