{"id":10281,"date":"2010-06-08T11:47:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T17:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=10281"},"modified":"2010-06-09T05:52:26","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T11:52:26","slug":"uwp-responds-to-by-election-declaration-calls-it-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/uwp-responds-to-by-election-declaration-calls-it-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"UWP responds to by-election declaration; calls it unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10301\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ronald-green5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10301\" title=\"Ronald green5\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Ronald-green5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWP leader Ron Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>(DNO)<\/strong> Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP) Ron Green has described as unconstitutional, an announcement by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit that by-elections will be held in Dominica on July 09, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Green said in a statement on Tuesday, that any by-election without establishing definitively and by which competent authority, the Marigot and Salisbury seat are vacant is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>He said to date neither Prime Minister Skerrit, the Attorney General nor the Speaker of the House of Assembly has informed the citizens of Dominica \u201cdefinitively\u201d as to who declared the seats vacant and by what authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis call for by-election should be considered unconstitutional. The UWP will continue to listen to the people and represent their call for honesty, integrity, good governance and a productive economy. The UWP will continue to do things right following our constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Green, the UWP stands firm for real democracy, and denounces fraudulent elections and as such the UWP will continue to work hard to advocate and mobilize for electoral reform, \u201csuch as ID cards, clean voting list, fair access to the Nation Station&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Dominicans near and far should realize that it\u2019s only by breaking the silence of the night and reaching out to each other that justice will prevail \u201cand trickery deception, greed, lies, arrogance and other evils will fade away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Skerrit\u2019s DLP won 18 of the 21 seats in parliament, but the UWP started a boycott following the announcement of election results, claiming that there were irregularities in the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Elected member for Marigot Edison James, Salisbury\u2019s Hector John and Roseau Central&#8217;s Norris Provost have been boycotting parliament in protest.<\/p>\n<p>However Prevost managed to keep his seat after attending the third parliamentary sitting.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Alix Boyd Knights declared the two seats vacant last month after the parliamentarians missed three consecutive sittings of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Skerrit said Monday that the by-elections were &#8220;unfortunate but necessary in our quest to uphold the provisions of the constitution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>By-election date is 9 July with nomination day on 21 June. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/breakingNews2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(DNO) Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP) Ron Green has described as unconstitutional, an announcement by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit that by-elections will be held in Dominica on July 09, 2010. 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