1.0Dominica News Onlinehttps://dominicanewsonline.com/newsAdminhttps://dominicanewsonline.com/news/author/tdurand/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dZa0adE3Qs"><a href="https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/features/commentary/screams-of-a-nation/">COMMENTARY: Screams of A Nation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/features/commentary/screams-of-a-nation/embed/#?secret=dZa0adE3Qs" width="600" height="338" title="“COMMENTARY: Screams of A Nation” — Dominica News Online" data-secret="dZa0adE3Qs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Jeffers-Joseph.jpg24483264The plight of the nation will rest heavily on the consciences of some members of the Diaspora, as well as indigenous Dominicans who relinquish their votes to the DLP in exchange for airplane tickets, money and other handouts financed on...