The United Workers Party (UWP) today filed five election petitions to challenge the results of the December 18, 2009 general elections.
The La Plaine and Veille Case seats are among two being challenged in courts.
The UWP claimed that there were irregularities and bribery during the election campaign and general election day that gave the incumbent Dominica Labour Party 18 out of the 21 seats which was at stake.
Senior Counsel of Trinidad and Tobago Douglas Mendes is spearheading the UWP team.
Meantime the newly organised political organization is supporting moves by the UWP to challenge the elections.
Chairman of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) Sam Raphael said a campaign to raise funds to support the UWP is underway.
The organization met at the Garraway Hotel over the weekend.
“This is a matter again as important as us paying taxes. It is our democratic right. We expect all Dominicans to get involved. This is not an anti-Skerrit or DLP Movement. It’s Dominicans across the political spectrum that wants to see democracy and the rule of law in Dominica,” Raphael said.
The organization is expected to set up a financing programme, and hopes to target Dominicans living abroad.
While it appears to many, that the action/s of the UWP reflects one of political banditry, it remains the foundamental right of this party to ensure that the votes of its supporting-base are adequately sustained, and that rules governing the electoral process are stringently recognized/obeyed. Ideally, any legal representation in this developing matter should have been handled by Dominicans – not an outsider. If the legal system calls for objectivity and sustainable evidence in any court hearing, then a qualified Dominican defense attorney should have that honour.
As an addendum to this issue, the actions of the ruling party should not be free of scrutiny. While the election may have been won, the process lacked some transparency. Paying for Dominicans living abroad to return to vote is a confusing concept of “free and fair”. If the government was certain of winning the election, then why solicit the votes of those in the diaspora to ensure victory? The money spent could have better serve Dominica in much needed areas of social and economic development.
Conversely however, Mr. Skerrit’s leadership and programs should not be undermined in the name of party – politics. Since there were no overt signs of voting irregularities, then the ruling government is quite legitimate. Essentially, observers of CARICOM and the OAS as legally recognized bodies, present during the election declared it a success, then the AWP should, and prepare for the next.
To everyone. Please tell me where it is in the law hand book that states it is against the law to travel to Dominica to vote no matter who paid for the ticket?
I went to Dominica to vote on my own, not because no one sent me ticket.
Please people lets start working on getting dominica fixed.
Labour win and thats that. And who is to say that UWP did not pay for anyone to come to vote or if they had the opportunity to do so they would.
And UWP want to seek money from abroad but did not want aboard people to come to DA to vote? I mean these people are absurd. People who have money to throw away will contribute will fund UWP. They sent to get a Trinidadian to represent them, why didn’t they keep the $$ in Dominica, or is it because No one wants to represent them or is it because they think any respresentation in dominica is tainted? Come on UWP give it up and let this rest. The people of Dominica spoke BOLDLY and the votes states this clearly.
I think Sam Raphael is a should come out straight …To say this is not an anti-Skerrit or anti-Labour movement is to be underestimating the level of intelligence of the Dominican public.
Demoracy could not be more alive and well in Dominica. Everyone who has attained the age of 18 years has a constitutional right to vote for what ever party he or she wants…I believe that right still exists.
Everyone who is elegible to vote has a right to register to do so and therefore also have a right to choose not to register or even if registered, may also choose not to vote.
freedom of speech is also alive wnd well. Dominicans enjoy the freedom to express themselves through whatever medium they wish and that is evident in the number of talk shows that are available for public consumtion. No one is afraid to express his or her views wether for or against the Government.
Dominicans are free to call the prime minister of their country-“Skerrit” and accuse him of bin borbowl and owning properties deceptively. They are also free to hack into the primeminister’s computer and read his emails to the general public as they wish.
Dominicans are free to demand for IPO and then turn around and critisize it, free to call for elections within 48 hours and then turn around and critisize the primeminister for “rushing to call elections at Christmas” and free to call for election monitors but then turn around and say what they wanted was election supervisors.
Dominicans are also free to go to ST. Kitts to meet with caribbean heads to complain about so called irregularities in elections in Dominica and in the process trying to tarnish the image of the country…such patriots!
Dominicans are also so free to accuse other Dominicans of accepting bribes for votes…what such disrespect!
We are also free to prevent our own people, leaving overseas to come and exercise their democratic rights to participate in the electoral process in their own country…and then…by the way…Mr Raphael, now turn around and ask them to contribute towards keeping your democracy alive…ahhh…ma gwe ca!
Some advice to my Dominican people…please keep democracy alive by keeping these dangerous unpatriotic children of this beautiful island gem on the outside looking in…
Eddison and Ron Green ought to be trying to re-build their party but apparantly they have no respect for the Dominican people who have spoken…they have not yet learnt their lesson so we must ensure they get the message loud and clear the next opportunity we get
THE INSIDER
@ Ripley Believe it or not
you crack me up!!! You sure sounds like the fear factor that Sam and his goons is preaching has gotten to you. It even have you dreaming of tribulation for Dominica because the DLP won 18 seats.
Well my friend we are in a democracy and even if DLP wins all 21 seats Dca still won’t be seen as a one party state, we all will still have our right to form political parties those that is existing including the United Workers Party will still be there.
Now look at this the UWP won 3 seats and refuses to appoint a leader for the opposition in the house of parliament, which is where Democracy is protected to the highest level in DCA.
Instead they on a fear campaign (which obviously has you scared) saying that dca is slipping into a one party state isn’t that ironical?
In Grenada the Keith Mitchel party won all 15 seats in 1998 the Governor General appointed 4 senators because their was no other elected members to take up the leader of the opposition position (our President would do the same thing if the DLP wins all 21 seats), the opposition parties didn’t cry and whine they organized themselves, put a proper strategy in palce for the next election , got reputable candidates that the public could relate to and in the next election 2003 the opposition party won 7 of the 15 leaving Kieth with a mere 1 seat majority by 2008 the opposition won 11 of the 15 (a landslide).
So my friend have no fear it happens in our neighbouring islands, the ruling party in St Kitts currently has 7 of the 8 seats and is looking ( and may well ) win all 8 seats in this election carded for Jan. 25 2010.
Am saying all this to inform you have no FEAR our country is not going into any state of anachy as predicted by UWP and MRD. CARICOM and other external forces won’t allow it so take your mind off this rubbish so you won’t have nightmares, i may even suggest u stop listening to the opposition forces for a while.
Which law in Dominica state that a person can not take a matter to court? Whoever wants to go to court has a constitutional right to do so.
If they don’t have a case it will be thrown out. If they do have a case it will be argued in court and the judge will make a decision. Even then if one party is not satisfied with the decision he has a right of appeal.
If people choose to waste their time in court so be it. Dominica is a country of laws and every single man and woman can have their day in court if he or she choose to do so.
Seeking to settle matters violently is not the way. In the Middle East, South East Asia, some parts of Africa and Latin America people resort to violence to settle political disputes and issues. In Dominica we are civilized and therefore battle it in court..
There are too many people on this forum spewing out unintelligible statements. They make themselves look foolish.
Everyone can not be on the same side that is why elections are called. Who want to send money are free to do so if they have enough to spare. Who do not want to send no one can force them.
It makes absolutely no sense FOR Dominicans to beating up on Dominicans. It is a shame. When the dust settles we all remain Dominicans whether we are here, there or over there.
Please tell me that this article did not say that the Organization will be setting up funding capabilities to target Dominican Living Abroad! Part of this debate and this Court Suit is not “supposedly about irregularies” with the election and Dominicans coming home to vote? I GUESS OUR MONEY GOOD TO FIGH THE GOOD FIGHT BUT NOT TO EXCERCISE OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT….NICE….
Democracy – The Dominica Model!
Since the recently held elections in Dominica I have come to realised that Demcracy has taken a new meaning in Dominica. No longer must the will of the majority be respected and accepted instead Democracy in Dominica is that a very vocal minority must have its way no matter what the Majority do or say.
During the last election this vocal Minority has decided long before the people voted and the results known, that there could only be one possible and probable outcome and no other result would suffice.
That vocal minority had already made the decision for the voting Majority that there must be a regime change and that the Labour Party must loose the election. No other result was possible or probable. The opposition had to win. This was the only acceptable outcome which was possible and probable.
Alas on December 18th the Majority spoke clearly and loudly under absolutely no duress and provided a different outcome. The Majority had no say in this since the vocal minority had already made the decision for the Majority.
In that scenario, the Majority had to be bribed to give a different outcome. Democracy is under threat in Dominica because the Majority has given a different outcome than what the vocal minority had decided and anticipated.
Therefore, the vocal minority forms an organisation to Restore Democracy in Dominica because the vocal minority must have its way. There must be a regime change and the Majority could not decide anything different.
Never mind that in thirteen (13) constituencies the Labour Party won by well over 250 votes, in two (2) constituencies Labour won by well over 100 votes, in one (1) constituency Labour won by 75 votes and there were three marginal constituencies which the Labour Party won two ( by two and five votes respectively) Roseau Central won by the UWP by three votes.
Never mind that the UWP lost some 5,000 votes and only received 12,000 votes. Never mind that the DLP got about 10,000 votes more than the UWP.
In the1995 elections the UWP won eleven seats with 12,000 votes, however in that same election DFP received 15,000 votes and the DLP received 11,000 votes. The UWP formed the government with a minority of votes.
Never mind that once DFP and DLP combined and remained so , there was no way the UWP could win an election in Dominica. The 2009 elections clearly demonstrate that fact.
The UWP and the vocal minority was hoping that the DFP would so split the votes so that UWP would win with a minority of votes and the 1995 situation would repeat itself. Fortunately or unfortunately that did not happen. DFP all lost their deposits. Former supporters of the DFP all voted DLP en-mass.
The 2009 election demonstrated the will of the Majority and that must be accepted and respected by all. No kind on machinations will work. I really do not believe that any right thinking Court of Law would reverse the will of the voting Majority which was given under absolutely no Duress.
It is utter rubbish to state that over 10,000 people were bribed to vote for the Labour Party. Hence, the UWP and the vocal minority is just about wasting time and money. These challenges will definitely go no where.
Jude Nicholas
i’m not sure where all this is heading but let’s stop all the politicing and take a good look at our country and analize both sides of the coins.
1. have we really sit down and give a good thought as to what is happening?
2. have we put the politics aside and ask our self are the things the opposition and the talk show hosts are saying, are all these things true?
3. are we really heading for a 1 PARTY state>
4. What really is da ruling party up too?
fellow dominicans is time we take a good look at both sides or the coin and really ask our selves some serious questions.
Believe it or not, a few days before the election i had an awful dream.
i dreamt, dere was an invasion of solidiers and alot of persons were dead, u either comply to their demands or face a bullet.
everyone were forced to learn a language (not english). we were not given the opportunity to speak. alot of persons were brutalized.
i saw alot of homes being ramsacked. alot of blood running down da roads.
when i woke up the first thing i did was pray. i told my parents and my mum said blood is victory.
well i’m not interpreter of dreams but all i can say is God help us in this beautiful and peaceful islands of ours.
remember those who cry foul are the first ones to be held in circumstances of it. dont forget the famous IPO that was a household theme to everyone, and what happened? the very person who asked for the IPO was the first one to be cut with an outrageous scandal which turned out to be true from the victims mouth.
that was SAD! but fellow dominicans let’s not be ignorant. neither sides of the coins are SAINTS. we are all human to ere. NO one is certain what the ones in authority are planning down the road.
let’s give both sides a listening ear and ask the Good Lord to guide us. if i’ve ever prayed in my life if during this time of election and up to now i do. (although i do everyday, but like never before). i can sense something is wrong and i believe the Good Lord will protect the innocent ones.
my dear friends think of our children, and also the GOod BOOK. perilious time will come. we dont expect this country to remain so peaceful but prayers changes things. the Bible says the prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
so i just hope that the intentions dat either sides have is not to the detriment of this country.
GOD HELP US!!!!!!!!!!
In the US when a bad product fails at launch, the team reviews it to see what went wrong. Sometimes the team is fired and replaced with a new one, processes improved, strategy changed. In Dominica we blame the customers who are idiots or the system was rigged or the competition outspent us and never take responsibility or try to improve on the product or processes. Sounds familiar?
MR GREEN YOU THINK I WILL WORK HARD IN AMERICA AND SEND MY US $ FOR YOU AND YOUR GOONS TO DO SOT…WAT YOU THINK BECAUSE WE BLACK WE STUPID! WELL THE JOKE IS ON YOU …OU TO SOT
well Mr. Green. tell us where u getting the money to bring mendes to dominica to represent you all when you could not even put out your manifesto for us to see..and another thing..now you want to involve us dominicans overseas but when we came down to vote you cried fowl..make up your mind.; take example on what the smart Mr. Edison James did after the elections and keep your mouth shut and accept your defeat quietly…YOU LOOSE GO PRAY AND ALLOW LA PLAIN PEOPLE TO REJOICE IN A NEW RULE
My! My! My!. The height of ignorance and stupidity on the part of these so called laborites, just baffling. Those of you who were paid to come down to vote are not the ones being asked for money -remember – if you cannot afford to buy a ticket for yourself to come home to vote you think you are the ones expected to contribute to justice and democracy back home? So please stop acting as if you all have money. Is not allu they asking for money so stop the patronising and hypocracy.
Do you all remember whenMcintyre said that he will not allow Dominica to be run remote control by the diaspora, you duncies seem to foget Mcintyre’s insult to the Diaspora and is UWP all you faulting about. Please wheel and come again with allu selective memory.
Do the words fair, justice, rigtheousness, bribary, stealing, democracy mean anthing to you so called laborites? think about it. The opposition is trying to right a wrong in the court of law and they have the right to.
By the way – skerrits party is not the labor party but a bunch of parasites, opportunists and
freedomites, so give me a break with this labor nonsence you people are referring yourself too.
Staffy you are right. True freedomites CANNOT and WILL NOT EVER vote for a UWP candidate. They took over on a campaign of lies and greed. All they do for the five years was bring the country to desrepute. However God send ROOSIE DOUGLAS, a person Dominicans saw a a REVOLUTIONARY to save us from the tyrants. LOOK around and see the real freedomites. Charlo, etc, etc etc. Remember ROOSEVELT SKERRIT AS A YOUNG MAN HAS GIVEN SIGNAL CONTRIBUTION TO HIS COUNTRY. Put that in your pipe and smoke it long and hard.
I must say there are a lot of stupid people on this board. The few folks who try to make sense are outnumbered by all these stupid people 10 to 1. The sad thing is that the stupid people don’t know that they are stupid…….tribal war in DA!!!!
Douglas Mendes may be a respected name in Trinidad and Tobago, but come on people, in this tight economy, who in this world particularly a lawyer, would not jump at the chance to make some big and extra bucks off a bunch of obvious … in a island which is not his own, hence T &T will not be directly affected?
… Way to go Mendes, eat their *** money if is foolish they foolish, save it for yourself and your family instead of they paying it to another lawyer!
For their funding, the plan is “to target Dominicans living abroad????” Does anyone see the double standard in that statement? All of a sudden, we are Dominicans!!! Last month, the UWP did not think so!!
We were just people from the diaspora who they did not want to be allowed to return home to vote, spreading propaganda about people getting paid to vote… they got tickets, not money, punks!!
UWP don’t want us to vote because the X was not for them, supposedly but now they want our money?> No way i say!! Hypocrites!!! Those who plan to donate, make sure they ask you all where you put your X, because they won’t care!!!
Sorry 2 say it that way, but MR GREEN u are a really embarassing your self. Honestly u are acting like a child in primary school. We cannot and will not allow u 2 represent us anymore, your representation was very very poor. Its time 2 give MR ST-JEAN a chance, let us all c the diffrence. WILL AND COME AGAIN.
THONDER HORE, The DFP IS NOT A DUM FOOLISH PARTY.
You forgot how they helped and is helping the DLP at all cost.
ENGRAS, they are paying the price now.
I HAVE IN HAND 2 SEPARATE VIDEOS WITH THE GRANDE CARNIVAL STYLE JUMP UP THAT TOOK PLACE IN LAPLAINE WHEN UWPwee THOUGHT THEY WON THAT SEAT WITH THE THEN LEADER RIGHT THERE.HOPE THEY WILL ALLOW VIDEOS IN THE COURT.
NOT OUR MONEY…Aren’t we illegal voters? Well let it stay that way. We do not want to send uwpwee our hard earned money. SORRY
Make up your minds, whether we are Dominicans or NOT
Oh i see Dominicans for our money and we should not vote?
NO WAY HOSEA
NEXT
Ahhhhh!!! Sam Raphael shows his true connections!!! Who was he trying to fool by running as an “independent candidate”?!! The UWP should just accept defeat gracefully and start preparing themselves for the next general elections! Restructure your party! Put plans in place! Better your party so u can stand a chance in the next elections! This is getting mighty sickening! Stupes!
Has anyone read the comments from Jude Nicholas? This is a masterpiece. Right on target keep it up. I agree fully with your comments sir!
Douglas Mendes taking this case Tony Astaphan and the DLP must be poopooing on themselves. Mendes is a well-respected Senior Lawyer in Trini and the man doesn’t take ***cases!
.. Can u please leave us alone, do u remember in 2005 in the castle bruce constituency,when u guys took Laurine Barnis 2 court and she won her case u all pass as the BIG-BIG-FOOOOOLS ? do u want this embarasment again ? man go enjoy your pention b4 some body else enjoy it 4 u, and leave us alone.Learn 2 accept PETER SAINT JEAN is the pal rep 4 the LAPLAINE CONSTITUENCY. He is gonna do a better job as minister of education now, compering 2 the time u had that post. Chille out Ron. LABOUR POWER.
This is to show all Dominicans that UWP don’t care about Dominica moving forward, they are trying to place all blunders in the way to distract the Government in all kinds of court cases. People please open you eyes, support your Government DLP. It’s our future.
I’m glad that the prime Minister is focussed on other things other than foolishness like this. UWP IS THE CAUSE WHY DOMINICANS NEED VISA TO GO TO CANADA
United Wicked People, that is UWP and Dum Foolish People, that is DFP
It seems UWP is broke now, so they trying to raise money for their party. I think they are targeting the wrong set of donors. It appears that they have memoir poulle as the same overseas Dominicans they were asking not to come down is the same ones they are asking to fund their court case. These people dont know what they are doing. I believe they are still in a daze and should wake up, shake up themselves and face reality. We are now in 2010 and not in 1973.
UWP have no plans for Dominica and are just bankrupt of ideas. They are just a group of disorganised businessmen who want to fatten their pockets. After the Court case what next.
My Prime Minister, please remain focus and continue the good job you have begun. You have the MAJORITY of Dominicans fully behind you and the Lord is with you. We Love our Prime Minister.
I support uwp for taking that stance. If they had done so in 2005, skerrit and labour would not have tried it again. For hmmmmm, who says “i voted uwp”, thank you but we know you lied. Just set up the accounts and the money will start flowing.
people must learn to accept defeat. especially when it is from the masses. do some search from within and find out what has happened. the same people are the omes later who shall vote u again. take stock put your efforts on nation building . BE positive lets us all build this nation not destroy .be ready to give effective opposition. STOP BEING PETTY DOMINICA IS A NMALL COUNTRY MOST PEOPLE NO EVERYONE SO ON THE QUESTION OF VOTER RIGGING I SAY THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
The sad thing is that , it is also going to cost the government tons of money for defense and a whole heap of time that should be spent on developing the country. The post by Liberated warrants special attention. Remember that the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD} wants elections in 18 months. I am afraid that they are going to use our pro Cuba, Venezuela and China foreign policy and joint venture collaboration to solicit funding from their neo-colonial and imperialist masters to subvert our democracy. Folks, remember Cheddi Jagan vs Forbes Burnham in the 60’s and Michael Manley vs Edward Seaga in the 70’s. Up to today Jamaica cannot recover from the havoc of violence fueled by the importation of foreign (CIA) drugs, guns and money. I can’t believe that the leaders of the former Dominica Liberation Movement are poised to plunge Wytikubuli into violence and chaos to fulfil their selfish aspirations to lead. Never before has the Caribbean taken a stance against imperialism. The OAS was forced to expel Cuba. Cuba helped fight apartheid in Namibia, Angola and Mozambique. The neocolonialists still want an excuse to pay back. Remember Grenada, brethrens and sistrens. Don’t give them an excuse to reverse the gains made by Nicaragua,Brasil, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela and Dominica. Our economic independence is at stake. This MRD marriage of convenience is not about votes from the diaspora or Laplaine. It’s all about greed for power to serve monopoly capitalism – imperialism.
It is a sad day If Dominicans condone such blatant abuse of democracray It shows we are spineless, suffer from Memoir poule and lack true values and principles. It was a stolen election and has created a feeling amongst potential investors that Dominica is NOT A STABLE DEMOCRACY TO INVEST IN. In a country like Barbados Would Bajans allow such an election to pass unnoticed…ABSOLUTELY NOT and that is why they are the forerunners in the Caribbean..WE MUST NOT STAND FOR CORRUPTION
HATS OFF TO SAM RAPHAEL..One does not always have to be the hero in the crowd
Why is it Ron Green doesn’t wake up from the sleeping pills that Mr. Jame has been giving him so that he will be ALWAYS asleep, and smell the coffee. Mr. James laughs at you every time you turn your back, because you are making yourself pass like a fool going to court with this nonsense. Be Truthful Mr. Jame and all the others who are trying to tell you that you are right going to court; Was Roosevelt Skerrit or any one acting on his behalf, in the Polling Box with those you all claim were bribed, held a gun to their heads and tell them to vote Labour?
Your response to that will tell you the choice you should make about going to court with all these, what do you call them, LOPS (Lack Of Power Syndrome)? Are You Mr. Green that eager to get to beening the Prime Minister of Dominica, or are you just playing the “Puppet on a String” game with Mr. James being your MASTER?
So it is ok to get free ticket to come and vote and leave the people in the country begging but it is hard to contribute towards fairness and restoration of true democracy in the country we say we love.
We get so blinded that to pay someone to vote for a particular party is perfectly fair and the word bribery is now meaningless or it is now known as the new FAIRNESS!
I can’t remember mamo importing boat load or plane load of voters in her 15 years reign? Did PJ imported Dominican voters? Did OJ Seraphine imported voters? Why not? Can someone help me on that! Where? when? how? etc etc…
If UWP was giving those same people free trip to come to D/ca to contribute to the case would they come? I guess most would not because it is money coming from their pocket(contribution).
This reminds me of MLK fighting for Negro rights while many sat on the side did nothing, accept their bribes for not participating, even help in trying to tarnish his family, criticised him and said he NOT paying me is the WHITE man that pays me. As many of them would say, “I don’t know why that negro is stiring up trouble with those white folks”, we ok picking our cotton , we ok in riding at the back of the bus, we ok in our children not having better schools, we ok in living in poverty —so he can fight for those negors if he wish but is not my cotton money he getting.
Think folks! What we had was not a fair election and as a true DOMINICAN we have to fight injustice, unfairness and inequality. Sam and others are doing it for us not for VENEZUELANS! Pay your ticket and go and vote, THAT IS FAIR! But you won’t do it because you dont love Dominica to that extent – Hyprocrit!
Support Justice and support Sam and others!
Those guys are trying to exercise their braveness, but should just stop and kill that there. Very slim chance in wining their case in Dominica court.
TO WIN NEXT GENERAL ELECT.
1. Best, New and Young Candidates
2. Start working now
3. Merge with some of the other political parties( take them out by all cost)
4. New plans for Dominica
5. Don’t play too greedy
6. Manifesto with planning is ready
7. Listen to the people
REMEMBER EVERY PIG HAS ITS DAY!!
U SEE! They want Dominicans abroad to support in everything but they shouldnt come down and vote. UWP and they Gang can ******
I HOPE ALL THOSE WHO CAME HOME TO VOTE IN LABOR WILL HELP THE PEOPLE WHEN THE HARDER TIMES HIT DA
Targeting Dominican leaving abroad to help and finance the organization, wow how quickly you forget, the UWP does not consider us Dominicans, we have no right to come home and vote remember now you need our money, wow you guys have guts, but guess what Dominicans living abroad is not supporting you and we are not giving you any money either so forget it.
look some ppl dat dont kno how to handle defeat.. a kind of a beating they gotthat is why they so frisky?
during election time i was considered an outsider, now you seek financial help from me so that you can give it to a trini to take back to trinidad. are you guys for real? i come home sometimes three times a year, which means i do contribute to the growth of my belove da. therefore, when election time comes, whether i get a free ticket or i pay my own way home to vote, thats a right that no one will ever be able to deny me. so take your socall high powered trini lawyer and board a flight to whever and dlp will pay for it. you guys are so clownish. i still love you guys because we are all dominicans and together we will build our country. i do my part from abroad while you do your part at home. do not tell me that the only way you are willing to contribute to our beloved da is by being in power. if thats the case i will always campagne against your party. show da some love and respect the peoples choice. we do not want a court to choose our leaders for us.
he he he..ha ha ha !! dumb jokers!
Please i don’t want anyone to use the name Joker,it belongs to me.
I am one of the Dominicans living abroad that will never forget what the UWP said during their campagn, we are not wanted, we should stay away, well guess what we will and when we don’t pay attention to your sick ideas of taking the Party who still thinks that we are Dominicans to court for winning the elections we will not help you with this, all of asudden you need our money ha ha ha i say you forget to fast, but guess what we didn’t forget and never will, therefore many of us decided to really among the Labour Party and we are going to start raising funds for the 2015 election so that we can always be regarded as Dominicans, haha haha, i bet you made a big mistake.
Labour mean Domincans every where
while i support the uwp, this makes no sense really, ppl may have received money or bribes to vote, but at the end of the day the choice was theirs in the ballot box….
even if i got 100 dollars, the choice to vote for labour or uwp, or pappy was mine….
its not like u had to show proof that u voted labour to receive the bribe…..
even if i was brought in on a plane the choice was mine…
i know of alot of ppl that took the bribes and didnt vote for labour……….
i do however support electoral reform and voter id,
but we should take our licks and try recover for 2015…..
lets stop this fighting and try build Dominica for the next 5 years until elections are called again….
AAA stop being retarded and know your history. The Freedom party under the Miss Charles regime had landslide victory like that. Stop being an ignorant fool and know your country’s history
UWP leaders have absolutely no shame. I am so happy that Dominicans decided not to elect ..They claimed that we should have been locked up and that we were not allowed to vote. Now they want financial support from us. This must be a joke. Ron and his followers we the DOminicans abroad do not have money to throw away in these useless battles. Stop embarrassing yourselves and the people of Dominican
By the way, who is Sam Raphael?
1. When the Freedom Party won that landslide victory, the most humble Labour Party of the time ensured that they represented the people who voted them by appearing in every parliamentary seating. For days, Dominicans, armed with their transistor radios, listened to Mr. Mike Douglas make his contribution to the development of Dominica. UWP, take a leaf out of this tree.
2. If it is good for the goose, it is better for the gander. You brought in people to vote when you had money and now you are broke you can’t! That is life, live with it.
3. The people who voted in this election are DOMINICANS! Whether we live in Mahaut or New York, we are still DOMINICANS.
4. I cannot believe the last sentence I read. I listened in dismay as the UWP campaigned and berated Dominicans living abroad. Time and time again, they shouted, ‘Do not come! What are you coming for! We do not want you here! You are not welcomed!’ Now, you are targeting the same Dominicans to pay your legal fees!!! BULL S**T.
You people are acting like yourselves; Unintelligent Wicked People!!!!
AAA i would like to tell you that it was expected because the opposition leaders had no substance they had no drive, no money and no manifesto, no serious campagn, so tell me what did you expect the people to do they went with the party that give them a great campagn. should i say more !!!
They are waisting their time and money, the people have already spoken.
they wrote petition after the 2005 election and have yet to pay their bills
they will still end up owing after the final say again
move on and stop being sour
Isn’t the House of Assembly the forum to debate political issues? During the decade of the 70s Mary Eugenia Charles almost single handedly dismantled the old Labour Party. She did it not by filing frivolous lawsuits, making unfounded aspersions but by entering Parliament and speaking to the issues that affected the people.
This present crop of policians have forsake the Parliamentary Room for the Court Room.
They have forfeited their roles to lawyers and litigants.
They allow the grovey bats to do the campaigning and when they loose, they want Dominicans to foot the bills.
This is Hilarious!
Soon you guys will be conducting politics by remote control.
Hey! Leave politics to the politicians.
when workers was in power they did all their bribery and irregualarities.why wen someone else doing it,it suddenly becomes a problem.all the workers people RON GREEN and company need to STOP.now the shoe on the other foot they vex. it should have been RON GREEN HEARING THE VOICES. THE PEOPLE THAT should HEAR THE VOICES NOT HEARING it. HAPPY NEW YEAR and remember WORKERS TIME OVER AND NOW IS LABOUR POWER…
Are you guys kidding? The illegal diaspora has now become Dominicans living abroad? These people can now contribute to the New UWP and they should not allowed to vote. Sam and Co. come better than that. It’s either all or nothing. We were not good then we are not good now.
U.W.P GET MY MONEY ..HELL NO!! NEITHER MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND I DARE SAY WE ACCOUNT FOR MANYYYYY!!
Very interesting! the same Dominicans from abroad that the UWP are condemning for coming back to vote for the party of their choice are the same people that they are asking for financial support in their court case against the government they voted for. Am i missing something there or do these people really treat ordinary Dominicans as ‘morons’? My Guess is this is a smokescreen to cover their tracks regarding the funding they receive from foreign governments in their quest to destabilise our peaceful democratic country. i can’t help but being suspicious about the motives there, especially since their lead council is an outsider.
I Can’t believe what I am reading, are these guys for real, they wanted us locked up and said we should not vote and now they want our money imao look jokes……
uwp we in the diaspora will stand behind u guys do matter what just set up a payment m ethod
hee hee heee heeeeee
i swear, everytime i read stories concerning the UWP i walk away laughing my a$$ off…!!!!…
them dudes are HILARIOUS!!!!
PEACE!!!!!
cest par largent moi sort ka tapay
u all are a bunch of jokers not workers
wat am i hearing with sam rapheal?
man the best thing i can tell u is pay govt their money owed to them and stop barking .to ron green i believe it is time that u think for your self and stop being a puppet on a string ,after u lose u still have the other pappyshows pulling u all over the place ,the best thing i can tell u is just leave that alone .
[ 1] your party dont even have money to pay the lawyers dominicans would be foolish enough to go give all u money to form the fool.
[2] eddison have u like a little boy when he tell u to sit ,u sit when he say to run u run stop being like a little child man ,you dont have a family more educated than u to give u a sitting down man?
cheeen man stupsssssssssssssssss.
to dominican…….i agree with u1000%……LABOUR IN POWER,DEAL WITH IT.LEARN TO LET GO AND MOVE ONNNNN.
Are we now asking the illegal Dominican voters to pay our way in court? you guys are a bunch of arhses.
@ Confused.
How ironic?? That’s to show you how disjointed those dudes are.
MRD- More Rubbish for Dominica,who they think they fooling, all along I knew they were the UWP in disguise. Have they forgotten that nearly 25,000 persons voted against them?
NOT MY MONEY ALLU GETTING. FOR U TO GET MY MONEY SAM YOU BETTER ORGANIZW A SPECAIL JUNGLE BAY EC$50.00 I NIGHT. THEN U WILL MAKE SOME MONEY
I think it is worth pursuing. That 18 seat victory is, to say the least…mind boggling!! No other party has had a landslide victory of that. Not that i’m saying it’s impossible, because the DFP did get a 17 seat majority in 1980. At that time, such a victory was expected, because of poilitical issues at that point in time. But for the much slandered DLP to get that kind of victory now…as I said earlier…IT’S MIND BOGGLING!!
I think there are TWO petitions with challenges of FIVE Constituencies.
There are TWO petitions: 1 on behalf of Claudius Sanford (Petitioner), challenging the results in Salybia, Laplaine, Sen Joe and Wesley on the basis of illegal practices/bribery etc and bringing into focus the lack of access to state media. The first respondent in that case is Ashton Graneau and it also names Merina Williams, two returning officers, the members of the Electoral commission, DBS, the AG.
2) the second is filed on behalf of Maynard Joseph (petitioner) with Roosevelt Skerrit as first respondent, on the basis of the issue of dual citizenship. Other respondents are the Returning officer from Vielle case, members of the commission, DBS, AG
Its about time the governement calls in all those who are not paying off their debts to the state. The gaining of a stake in Layou river hotel sets a good precedence for that. It is about time those who have taken money belonging to the state are brought to account. The tax payers and citizens should get back what is rightfully theirs. I think that Sam and Judith will understand a pricipled position like this. No more close room deals.
We want full repayment of all debts or an equity stake for the full amount which the Governement may chose to resell to recoupe capital borrrowed.
There is a huge debate about Dominicans who live abroad coming home to vote… but in seeking funds to support a legal action questioning this very issue as well as other democratic voting matters, the plan is to target Domincans who live abroad????
interesting…
Mr. Green and company i would strongly advice you to just drop that court business because it’s just money you all are going to waist and the UWP party need’s it for putting thing’s together for the next election.
The DLP has won the majority and we should just leave it at that and just wait an see what will happen in the future.