Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has welcomed the victory of the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) at Monday’s general election.
Skerrit said the SLP, led by Kenny Anthony, is coming into office, during “trying” times; but, Skerrit said he is confident that Anthony can assume the task.
“He comes at a time when the global economic crisis is hitting every country in the world, so it is a very trying time to get into government,” the prime minister said.
Skerrit said he is anticipating the long-standing relations between the Dominica Labour Party and the SLP will grow further.
The Dominica government has expressed hope that St. Lucians will accept the election results and move forward.
The Australia Cricket team will be in the caribbean next year to play a number of games against windies and these games will be played in several venues and St. Lucia will be hosting three of them. Dominicans are upset because we know Lucian’s don’t support cricket like us in DA and we all left Widsor park earlier this year with the impression that we would get to host a game agaist Australia and one against Newzeland. However, we were out of favor against Australia.
During a sports program on Q,Imran Khan, the PRO of West Indies called the program to tell us why we did not get a game against Aussies. He said before a venue is selected they must take several things into consideration. As far as Dominica is cocerned, Imran said that they had to consider the standard of our hotels and the standard is not good.
The fact that St. Lucia got three games although they don’t turn out to watch cricket is proof that the standard of their hotels messured with what ICC is looking for when hosting a team like Australia, while our failed the test. That’s what we should be concerned about as Dominican’s instead of rejoicing over a labour win in the same St. Lucia that is able meet world standard while we couldn’t according to mr. Imran Khan of West Indies Cricket Board.
i am so proud of st.lucian.kenny will do a good job
A Pm from a nother country is happy with the new Pm of a second country winning the majority seats in parliament because they are the labour party, but people do you know there are only two colours (Red) OR (Blue)
congrats to the S.L.P… but i’ve always wondered… who’s to say that the d.l.p and s.l.p and any other labour party is the same… huh… sheeps most people are… the S.L.P could well be the equivalent of our u.w.p whereas st lucia’s u.w.p could be our labour party… this thing makes no sense to me whatsoever…. patrons are following party names and colours… so if u vote labour in dominica then u must vote labour in england??? lol
GOOD TALK..AM A STRONG DLP SUPPOTER,AND LIVED IN ANTIGUA AND VOTED THE UPP WHICH I THINK WAS THE BETTER OF THE TWO.ANTIGUA LABOR PARTY IS THE MOST CORRUPT PARTY IN ALL LABOR PARTIES.AT TIMES PEOPLE DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE VOTING FOR..I FOR ONE VOTE ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE COUNTRY AND NOT PARTY NAME AND COLOR.ON A RADIO PROGRAM I HEARD A DOMINICAN IN ANTIGUA SAID, SHE VOTING ALP BECAUSE SHE VOTED DLP..THESE TWO PARTIES ARE THE COMPLETE OPPOSIT TO EACHOTHER
Lennox was in St.Lucia working for the UWP during the election,so ask him.
Interesting though… Tony was in St.lucia working wit labour while Lennox was working with uwp…and TONY BEAT LENNOX AGAIN!!!
do u know that Lennox worked for the Denzel Douglas st. kitts labour party together with Astaphans as well as the birds labour party in Antigua. so what is your point?
@YES! ……who say good always triumph over evil?
so mister pm st lucia has double our population …much much more developed than us…and they have 17 Constituiences while we have 21…mister pm can you please cut our Constituiences to 11 that way we could stop spending all that money on job for the boys
St. Lucia voting population is close to 200,000, as oppose to Dominica at 40,000 that is a more appropriate comparison
Sorry Sir but you are mistaken. This year the number of registered voters was reported to be 150,000. That number was queried as the listed population is approximately 170,000.
That is a very educated idea, that the pm will never entertain, Petite Savanne can easily go with Grand bay, Colihaut, Salisbury, Dublanc, Bioch and Coulibistrie can also go together, Make is one Roseau, no north, south and central, wesley, woodfordhill and Marigot make that one,any sensible thinking person would agree to reduce the number of constituencies
Who increased the number of constituencies?
I can only hope that Kenny will seriously do something about the day in, day out murders in St Lucia, once the Helen of the West, and the Cinderella of the Caribbean.
KENNY! First throw out the Taiwanese and go to Mainland China you will see a change!! Senior Council must be still celebrating boy.
uwp losing in all dem islands wi… smh
AND ??????? IS WESLEY ANY BETTER WITH WHAT YOU VOTED ? NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
STUPESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
WHO CAESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Don’t worry our turn will soon come
If Hugo Chavez loses in Venezuela, many will rejoice. If the Republicans win in the USA we will suck salt, although Obama is a puppet. So another country’s election has consequences for Dominica. So give people a chance to gloat or rejoice if they choose to. So what?
Hey, did you forget that arch rivals Lennox Linton campaigned in St. Lucia for the UWP and Tony Astaphan campaigned for the SLP. Whether you like it or not, that’s a defeat for Lennox Linton and a victory for Tony, in case you forgot.
@ little boy
The above comment was in response to little boy. Sorry for the mix up.
What in the world that a St Lucia Labour party have to do with a Dominica labor party? I am not a labourite, I’m not UWPite, neither am I a freedomite or pappyite. I am simply looking for a better Dominica and will vote any party that is willing to put Dominica first. But for any Labourite in Dominica to be excited because Labour party won an election in St Lucia, really confirms our ignorance and here in Da.
What this election and all elections in St. Lucia clearly tells us is that Lucians are not as politically blind like us and they are not married to a party. What they are looking for is development and a government that will respect them. This is so different from the foolishness that takes place in Dominica and it tells us why an island like St. Lucia that is so close to Dominica and looks so much like Dominica, is so much more advanced than us.
Is only in Dominica a person like Rosevelt Skeritt would remain in power after all what he has done to the name of Dominica and the office of the PM. Zor two sort!
You is a littleboy for true!!!
Go and do your mother message and then your home work and doh forget to wash your feet before you go on d bed to sleep.
What this election and all elections in St. Lucia clearly tells us is that Lucians are not as politically blind like us and they are not married to a party. What they are looking for is development and a government that will respect them.
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I understand that Lennox was campaigning hard on behalf of the UWP in St. Lucia. Are you therefore implying that Lennox was supporting a party in St. Lucia which was anti-development, progress and respect for its citizens?
That would be kinda ironic huh. Since he is the lead crusader for ‘democracy’ in Dominica.
I am not here to support or defend Lenox. lenox is a professioal and if he is paid to go do a job, who am I to condemn him> However, if he or anyone else gave their support to UWP of St Lucia or Labour party of St. Lucia on the basis that labour is labour anywhere and uwp is uWP anywhere, then that would be pure ignorance.
On another note, where were you during the time the government of Dominica made internatioal news for their passport scandal? Are you officially back from vacation or you just happen squeeze one through? Let’s put DA first and not party cause that will just continue to hurt our country.
If you need an answer, just ask Lennox why was he campaigning so hard in STL
I tell u ignorance is a hell of a thing….Dominicans need help, now more than ever. Rejoicing of St. Lucia politics, we got our own mess to fix. I think democracy is alive and well in St. Lucia so we got to check our self
it is also alive and kicking in DA
Who beat you, you crying. If UWP had won in St Lucia, you would be singing a differnt tune. But we expect that from you. Sore losers. We are one Caribbean – St Kitts, St Lucia, Dominica, St Vincent – we going LABOUR! Antigua next. Who vex, get lost!
SO WHY LABOUR LOST BEFORE IN THOSE COUNTRIES? ITS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WANTED A CHANGE. HERE IN DOMINICA ALL WE WANT IS HAND OUT.
They can kick us, drag us, call us “ass”, “cochroach”, “fool”, “hungry and greedy”. We doh care. We must labour. What a bunch of fools
If you take away the foreign own hotels, St.Lucia is very much like Dominica. You are, and will always be, our sister island.
Have you been to St. Lucia recently?
Just imagine if UWP had won in St. Lucia? Lennox would be on radio beating his chest, Matt in the morning would be overloaded with calls from the workers camp, Athie would be weeping again and so on!!!!Labour all the way
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