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Henderson said the entire matter is totally untrue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dominica’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vince Henderson, is flatly denying allegations that he is using his office for political purposes.<\/p>\n

Henderson is under fire from several fronts including Dominican based in the US, Dr. Emanuel Finn, who said he is watching the matter very closely and could report it to the American authorities.<\/p>\n

“We will be monitoring the situation very very closely and this is to put the ambassador on notice that we are watching very very closely to say that he is abusing the office,” Finn told privately-owned Q95 radio on Wednesday morning. “We are putting him on notice that he is using the mission, the consulate for political activities.”<\/p>\n

It is alleged that Henderson’s office was involved in a meeting in Florida last weekend where it is further alleged that US-based Dominicans were being recruited to come to Dominica to vote when general election is called.<\/p>\n

But Henderson has said the whole thing is untrue.<\/p>\n

“As I have said before this is totally untrue,” he told Q95 in response. “As a matter of fact if the gentleman is willing to go on the record to say with certainty that I am involved in any illegal activities I will take the matter very seriously and take the necessary action … if he is in fact saying that then that is a matter that must be addressed very very seriously.”<\/p>\n

When asked by host Matt Peltier if he was actually in Florida at the alleged meeting, Henderson said although he represents Dominica at the UN, what he does in his private time is nobody’s business.<\/p>\n

“I represent the Commonwealth of Dominica at the UN in New York but I am also a citizen of the Commonwealth of Dominica who has the right to vote and the right to support any party of my choice,” he stated. “What i do in my private time is nobody’s business. I did not recruit anyone to go anywhere.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile United Workers Party (UWP) hopeful for Grand Fond, Thomson Fontaine, said the party will not stand by while people who works in Dominica’s embassy behave in a partisan manner.<\/p>\n

“It is wrong, it is criminal and this time we are putting our foot down,” he stated. “What the embassy of Dominica is doing is encouraging US citizens to behave illegally against another country. That is a serious crime that these people are involved in.”<\/p>\n

He stated that even the promise to bribe someone is against the laws of Dominica.<\/p>\n

“And yet they go down to Florida, to Miami Florida to do just that,” Fontaine stated. “So they are engaging on US soil in illegal activities against another state.”<\/p>\n

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