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The United Workers Party (UWP) has called on Dominicans to turn out in large numbers on Friday, to protest against the nomination of House Speaker Alix Boyd-Knights for president of Dominica.<\/p>\n

Newly-elected UWP political leader, Lennox Linton, announced on his radio talk show on Q95FM on Sunday, that a public meeting is planned for 5.00pm on Friday outside of the state house and parliament buildings on Victoria Street in Roseau.<\/p>\n

However, Linton made it clear that the gathering was to be violence-free.<\/p>\n

“The purpose of Friday afternoon’s meeting is not to engage in any violence or hostility to anybody at all. It is to peacefully assemble outside of the State palace and the parliament building on Victoria Street, for the purpose of indicating clearly to the government that the people of Dominica do not support this decision of making Alix Boyd-Knights the president,” he said.”There’ll be no cursing, there’ll be no harassment of people, there will be a peaceful show of dissent.”<\/p>\n

Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, confirmed last week that his cabinet has taken the decision to nominate Boyd-Knights as head of state, replacing Eluid Williams, whose term expires in October. He said this was done after consultation with leader of the opposition, Hector John.<\/p>\n

Linton immediately called for public protest against the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a citizen of the commonwealth of Dominica who is concerned, had been concerned and remains concerned about greater level of decency and civility in our public affairs and this is an assault on our hopes and dreams,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the people of Dominica have a duty now, a duty they cannot avoid, to go out and protest this atrocious decision by the prime minister and his cabinet’,\u201dhe told \u00a0Q95FM’s Matt Peltier.<\/p>\n

He believes that based on her track record as Speaker of the House, Boyd-Knights is not the best person for that job .<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has been biased, she has been extremely unfair, she has been unjust and she has been hostile to the members of the opposition United Workers Party,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Linton stated that the role of president requires an \u201ceven higher level of balance, fairness, justice\u201d and requires an individual to be \u201cabove the political fray\u201d which he said Boyd-Knights is \u201ccompletely incapable\u201d of.<\/p>\n

Opposition leader Hector John last week wrote to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit informing him that the party would not support Boyd-Knights as a nominee for president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Workers Party (UWP) has called on Dominicans to turn out in large numbers on Friday, to protest against the nomination of House Speaker Alix Boyd-Knights for president of Dominica. 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