Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP), Lennox Linton, has called for a number of things which he said will improve the lives of people living in Dominica.
The party held an event dubbed “1,000 Patriots March” on Thursday afternoon, against what it said is injustice in Dominica.
“The people of Dominica are saying to Mr. Skerrit we want electoral reform, we want justice, we want jobs, we want work to be done to improve the lives of farmers in this country, workers in the private sector, workers in the public sector, we want our agriculture to start showing signs of vibrancy, we want our young children to be protected,” he stated.
He said there are a number of people who do not like what is going on in the country.
“It is important that the government understands that there are a number of people from different parts of the country that do not like a number of things going on in the country in terms of the pace of growth in the economy, the delivery of jobs to the poor people of this country, the standard of living…,” Leader of the UWP Lennox Linton said during an interview.
According to him a number of supporters are upset over the state of the National Hospital in Marigot and the lack of adequate provision in the Budget of 2016/2017 for there to be a new hospital at Marigot.
During the event, supporters and members of the party marched from Lindo Park, Goodwill to Roseau singing songs and waving placards that read, ‘Where all De $ Go?’, ‘Bring Back Agriculture Enuf is Enuf’, ‘Corruption Kills’, ‘Enough is Enough’.
See photos below taken from Facebook of the march.
Mr. Lin ! here is a tip for you, In as much as we would like a change but THE pm put you in a circle, he has diplomatic relations with 110 different countries and you are against them all, so in time of help who do turn to? Edison James really set a trap for you and you are hooked. One thing you forget to mention is to expand the stock Farm Prison, because we have a system,rules,guidance and procedures and of course the long arm of the law.
Glad to see that people are no longer scared to to express their feelings. If you have not got anything there is nothing for you to lose.
Dear Mr Linton
We will never get election reform,some will get justice and some will get jobs.The only solution is to vote them out and the only way we can do that is with help from our brothers and sisters overseas. I am thus calling on the Party to start raising funds so we can aassist our people overseas to come down to vote too.
Great….Labour Party and their leaders must not be seen to corrupt or manipulate the electoral system. There are too many questions to be asked, one of them is the independence of the Chair and members of the Electoral Commission that their positions are not corrupt or influence by any politician sitting in government now, from corrupted top to bottom, if there is, that need to be resolved with independent people loyal to the cry of decency in the process towards good and accountable government. People and politicians’ involved or engaged in electoral fraud in the past 15 years should be picked up and hunted just like a man who abusers a young child for favours rendered. Despicable.
I think that time can be use to do better things for the country, look at the faces they all need help but they must first help themselves first.
people can not and must not depend on now government for job, The Role of Self Acceptance is being creative involves an attitude of receptivity and self acceptance.
Whenever you give rise to a thought, almost straight after, an element of judgment sometimes comes in. ‘Good’ or ‘bad’, ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, ‘nice’ or ‘horrible’.
Sometimes this process is so quick you don’t even notice the space between the thought that comes up and the judgments that follow. You might not even be aware of the thoughts themselves.
For some people, this element of judgment, especially when unnoticed, can stifle expression. Ideas are stillborn. Projects never get further than a spark that is snuffed by their inner critic.
LET US MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD………..
Only Ron Green is unemployed. Ha ha .
Who is the shabine in picture 7/8 that rocking the white tank and blue cap? Shes gorgeous…
And when you run, please go south to the Venezuelan abyss to meet the bus driver because by going north, the trump card will not be in your favor.
linton isnit that stupidiness. i would rather you go in the house to deabate that. who are these people in the picture. marigot people.
Such an ignorant comment. Yes Marigot people stand for truth, justice, integrity and all that belongs to them and others in Dominica as per their constitution. Yes Marigot people will lead the troops on the battle field to defend their village, their country, their homes. Marigot people will stand up and fight for what is right. BUT GUESS WHAT…..Marigot people will not climb the stairs to that red clinic……. Marigot people will continue to prosper, they will continue to rise above the rest….. Marigot people will continue to set standards that people for the likes of you will not be able to meet, not now or in the near future.
All good things for one to want for his country. Can’t imagine anybody not wanting these things. But would these not be things best achieved by both parties around the table (so to speak) rather than by one party in the street
By the crowd it is obvious people cannot resist the chance to squeeze the last drop of political opportunity out of the occasion and give the PM a bash into the bargain.
Nobody can say Dominica is a boring place to live!
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
Why would the leader of the opposition call a demonstration during the budget debate? My best guess is that he is getting ready to beg his poor followers for Pinard Byrne’s money!!!
These are all good things for the Opposition to seek for his country. Its what the Opposition does right
But is he doing it to make the PM look bad
Guess the right thing done for wrong reason is still the right thing
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.
Start digging you bunker, me boy. We coming.
Linton, you are a sick joker you are calling for reform to improve people’s lives witch is a good idea, but and it’s a big but What the hell are you and your mob doing to help Dominica, Linton you will fool your slow learning and backwards supporters but you will not fool many of us Dominican pal.
Garcon mi Zeh-Zeh …. Seems like some people can’t count properly. I was really looking for a 1000 man march but surprisingly it looked like a 150 man march excluding spectators.
And I’m sure the Million Man March actually a million people back in 1995… Damn stupid!!
The journey has begun let’s keep the momentum going. The next event should be in the North yes a 300 jobs match to the Morrocan Hotel culminating in a picnic at Belle Hall beach to see the environmental disaster taking place there with yet another hotel project. We can follow that up in the next couple weeks with an excursion to the geo thermal plant to view the results of our 60 million dollar investment gone tonothingness..
Hmmm, Things changing … Nice. Huge turn out.
It is clear the DLP have lost their way.
According to somebody, you blime man. That was a huge turnout?…….wishfull thinking.
Lennie needs to be given the post of coordinating marches. Try him this year around independence. Let us see the outcome. Director of Marches.
Trop margee. Where is the solution to the problems you marching against? Doing nothing tangible just having a set of persons who understands nothing but gossip, slander, rumors, negatives, unappreciations, ungratefulness etc. Go right, they go right. Have never thought to learn or understand procedures. They are like sheep. One can clearly see that this Man is only concerned to seat on the PM seat. I would let him seat for one day. Lennie you need to stop that nonsense. Apparently you seem to be only a journalist. You need to go back to school to study about becoming a PM.
To those following like ….. have you not seen any good in what is done I the country?… stop being negative. Negative make one bitter and then bitterness leads to hatred. Time to finish with all that rubbish. Time to love your country and countryman. Bonjour toute moune sur le marche. Pathetic.
peacefull demonstration lets have many more that is the way forward to save Dominica,
Lenox Linton, you are the epicenter of laziness. Was there ever a hospital in Marigot? Do you really want to talk about agriculture in Dominica? Just who are the vendors in the Roseau market! The Haitians are now in full control of the market, and making a decent living that they go to western union weekly to send money to Haiti. Look on the other hand when a cruise ship is in port to every 500 passengers, you have 501 tour buses. Hackling and disrespecting the passengers. The red herring that you are throwing out is only a smoke screen in order to call for money to pay your legal bills. If you keep your base energize you tend to gain. Take a look at the news, over and over we are seeing young people graduating from institution of higher learning. What have you done to improve peoples’ lives? You are the private sector, how have you elevate the suffering of the people you so care about? On a daily basis you run around Roseau like a headless chicken. Please LL get your diploma.
They Marching on Nice Road that labour paved.
All Linton can cause is TROUBLE and stir up these Monkeys to follow him. That is Joke. They just need a wave of RED to flood them. That’s no crowd LOL
we not give up….we are fed up….too much of one thing is good-for-nothing. Time for this regime to gooooooooooooo
You think we stupid is divide you to divide ppl in the country. Man pray for PEACE.
The match was beautiful except at the end, they did not enter the office, they left under the rain to their homes. we now introduced boxing ,that’s where you use your mussels.Jashua Francis had his biggest laugh ,I asked him why are you laughing, he replied and said “this reminds me of the three foolish people. Whatever you do, you will always do it under the rain and thunder, no offices for you ever. stay outside and beat the empty drums.
Congratulations UWP!
UWP is the marching party.
That’s all they could do
So the Leader of the Opposition is showing what kind of example? The man is supposed to be working in Parliament learning while listening and observing the workings of the House discussing the contribution of the members of Parliament debating the budget.
The Budget of 2016/2017 and the man doing toback trying to lead a million man match in a country with less than 80,000 men, women and children. Telling our children that it is okay by his actions not to show up for your job and match in a peaceful country, calling for jobs while leaving his own job?
The members of the Parliamentary Opposition should tell him if he does not like his job, he should quit. Because this is a bad example he is displaying to our young people. Imagine expecting to get paid for not showing up to work without a valid reason. If it is a person in the private sector you would lose your job. Can salaries be deducted from parliamentarian who does not show up to work? Madame Speaker?
Sheep following the dog
It does not matter on whose side I am. ” them people has their rights” that’s what opposition does they oppose.
Making a call for reform is excellent, however how are we actually going to get there. What small initiatives have Mr Linton and others taken to create employment, assist their community development or help inject some vibrancy back into agriculture?
We always have symposiums and meetings, where are the expositions and attachments? Where is the willingness to accept opinions from all directions and the passion to move Dominica forward?
Things like this clearly highlight the fact that we are ready for change, however we need to start talking with what matters; OUR ACTIONS!!
My husband is a farmer we want a van but no market how am I going to pay
Peter Karam especially when he is not even standing for we the farmers Peter poor excuse
You should have been at the match Shame on you and you want us farmers to come to
Town to buy your vehicle how are we going to pay Peter ? Hahaha
I am encouraged to see that all is not yet lost 100% and there are still Dominicans willing to put it all on the line for country. Let us keep up the fight because Duckt-her Punjabee from Enbar MUST understand that Dca belongs to “we the people” and not the DLP Cabal. Forward we go…..Team Dominica!
Always Assertive!
This guy an his followers haven’t yet realized he lost the election and campaign season is over.
Feel free to march and give people mapwi because that what you good for but at least you should be raising funds for the hospital in the Marigot constituency… your constituency!
All these people do is criticize and complain and do nothing.
They say the government giving handouts but they the first one with their hands out!
If you against the government being involved in everything, why then are you not doing things to solve the problems you speak of without the interference of the government?
Guy, if all you care about is the Labor Party and Skerrit wining the election, whereas Lennox, and the UWP lost; you are a ….. fool; because jobs, and prosperity are what it is all about. Development, and not receiving a few pennies from some dumb politicians.
Lennox and his supporters have long realized he lost the election, due to Skerrit buying the idiots like you, votes you sell your body, mind and soul to the devil so that the devil could win; however, you and those who took a handout for your votes, are existing in poverty, in a politically and financially bankrupt country!
Check your economic status; and that of Skerrit, and the rest of ministers in his circus, and compare it to your financial status; figure out if you live for a thousand years, if you can ever accumulate the riches that Skerrit and his boys have collected in less than twenty years!
How dumb one man is fighting for prosperity, and justice for all Dominicans; nevertheless; you are so dumb your only…
How dumb; one man is fighting for prosperity, and justice for all Dominicans; nevertheless; you are so dumb your only concern is Lennox lost the election.
Where is your ambition? Don’t you want a better Dominica, don’t you wish Dominica was as developed as the rest of the islands in the Caribbean. Dominica is the poorest island in the Caribbean, our people live below the third world standard; you live in a country where approximately ninety-eight (98%) percent of all the people in Dominica survives below the world standards of the poverty level.
Where is your brain, you are so shallow; as long as Skerrit wins an election that is your content; you are a fool
This is the most idiotic comment that I have read for a long time..Raising funds for Marigot hospital?That’s what Honourble Linton should be doing?Why don’t you call upon Skerrit to let him use the peoples tax money to do it instead?What about our passport money for which we have no transparency and accountability???You are shocked,because you thought it would have failed..NEXT TIME IT WILL BE BIGGER,AND BIGGER AND BIGGER!!!#
Since you are in a mood to change the way government and opposition work to develop the country,why don’t you lobby your Labour Party power big wigs to pass a new law giving the opposition permission to collect taxes and fees and other revenue.I guarantee you that the UWP would be more efficient at unitizing the money also it would be transparent with the Dominican people as to how the money collected is spent.
WEAK COMMENTARY
Who ever you’re, you are talking a lot of rubbing. Who does Dominica belong too. The people or DLP. A prime minister is suppose to look after the whole country and not part, even if he does not agree with the opposition. what is wrong with you people in Dominica. Marigot need to have a hospital, it’s the central part of the island. “What happened if there is an accident at the airport and Immediate is needed? The hospital is close and will save lives. People of Domininca use your heads and stop fighting each other. Think if the people needs and not the government need.
@Sheila August 1, 2016
So want to have your right to bash the PM and his Government–denying all his initiation for development for Dominica and the welfare of Her people.
How can you also claim the right to be Dominica, if you have chosen to not be among the Majority of the People–who is rightly qualified to claim that title of being DOMINICAN?
No one took it away from you, so stop your foolish grievance
No matter what the PM and us strong! Strong!
Strong so why The PM left house of Assembly an left town. Ha ha hahaha the coward went to hide.woyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
You too…….Heartless political scouts…….shame on all you…….
This low rating comment is a fait accompli……..serious thumbs down…..for you and you and you
Like this corrupt, devious government you cannot come clean, you have to hide behind some system for the public to search for your comment. Just not credible to read.
Fight for your rights Dominica…enough is enough
Great! Prime mistake scarit,this is a sign of big things to come at you,make way to run!!!
Yes is true a HUGE SIGN that they doh want lennox
This was BEAUTIFUL, and the turnout EXCEEDED my expectation.
I am IMMEDIATELY calling upon HONOURABLE Linton etal, to start the planning process for the:
1000,2000,3000,4000,5000,6000,7000,8000,9000,10000,men match..Thumbs Up to the several public servants,who turned out! I ENJOYED IT!!#
%, You are just a ******* ! Go and learn to count. Not even 200 people and you talking about exceed expectation. That is no match for Skerrit…A bunch of jokers following a NOVICE!
Don’t make me laugh % not because our faces don’t show for you to try to kill me so
exceed??? He asked for 1000 half didn’t even show no wonder you asking him again to call for 1000. Exceed? this word has a new meaning that I do not know? This is why UWP kranana, you all are too wicked and like to lie to yourselves. FAce reality PEOPLE DOH WANT LENNOX.
UWP hench man %, the friends and family wasn’t enough to make news. Don’t you get tired of being a bousterous nuiance. Are you trying to warm up support to call for MONEY- to pay your legal bills. How many jobs have you created? What is your contribution towards your country? You will never put your stickey fingers in the Dominica money tree! Smoke that! Out of 60000* people less than a thousand were present and that exceeded expectation? If that is your expectation that is low. Most of us a happy people, we refused your ideology so get a life, why did you ever stop throwing stones behind baygass at that time you were are contributing human! Piccine, piccine bring money come.
lollll You have to be some special kind of clown. Only about 100 people show up for a 1000 man march and you say the turnout exceeded your expectation. What are you trying to say, you only expected 20 to 50 people so the crowd of about a hundred people impressed you? That was once again another failure for UWP
so if your turnout was so beyond your expectation..it means you all don’t really have a true cause!!!but anyway that is your problem, my take is…where were these people on election day? I just don’t get it…you will wait after elections to prove your disapproval of the government,does this really make sense!!! it’s like you all really like the government and is counting on them to really do things for you all… because you all can’t do for you all selves, and that includes linton too,you all could not win a simple byelection, but here you all are masquerading,it has always been said Dominicans are a famme wachen people
you must be sick. ,,,