{"id":128113,"date":"2014-11-21T09:59:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=128113"},"modified":"2014-11-21T13:09:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T17:09:06","slug":"uwp-condemns-pm-skerrits-statement-monel-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/uwp-condemns-pm-skerrits-statement-monel-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"UWP condemns PM Skerrit&#8217;s statement on Monel Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120127\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120127\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/monelle-williams-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"The UWP said the statement on Williams was 'disgraceful'\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/monelle-williams-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/monelle-williams.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The UWP said the statement about Williams was &#8216;disgraceful&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The women&#8217;s arm of the United Workers Party (UWP) says it is condemning statements concerning Monel Williams made by prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, during a Dominica Labour Party (DLP) rally held in Calibishie on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I had a daughter, ladies and gentlemen, I would wish for her to one day be a Catherine Daniel, to be an Athenia Benjamin, to be a Nurse Charles or to be a Roselyn Paul,&#8221; Skerrit told supporters. &#8220;I would definitely not wish for my daughter to be a Monel Williams because I might end up short of a grandchild.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams is the UWP candidate for the St. Joseph Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The statement has been causing a stir on social media and president of the UWP&#8217;s women&#8217;s arm, Letricia Cadette, described it as &#8220;disgraceful&#8221; and &#8220;a gross disrespect&#8221; for women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last few hours I have read and listened to many comments on the statements made by the prime minister where (he) claimed, if he had a daughter he would not want that girl to be like Senator Monel Williams nor would he want his son to be like Lennox Linton,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It is the prerogative of Mr Skerrit in his private capacity to wallow in the gutters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, she said, Skerrit &#8220;still has a duty to behave and conduct himself in an upright manner as a prime minister should. Mr. Skerrit in his utterances have disrespected all the women of Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cadette is condemning the statement and is calling on all Dominican women, the Bureau of Gender Affairs and the National Council of Women to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>She also had some direct words for the prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sir, it was not too long ago that your representative signed a document on your behalf and that of the Dominica Labour Party that you would adhere to the rules of an election code of conduct,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say it is the courage of Williams &#8220;standing up against all odds that will inspire women to have a voice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the fortitude of Monel to finish the journey that will encourage young women to work hard. It is the strength she has portrayed as a single mother determined to succeed that will give rise to single mothers, high school dropouts and women with similar means to persevere,&#8221; Cadette said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The women&#8217;s arm of the United Workers Party (UWP) says it is condemning statements concerning Monel Williams made by prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, during a Dominica Labour Party (DLP) rally held in Calibishie on Wednesday night. &#8220;If I had a&#8230;","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UWP condemns PM Skerrit&#039;s statement on Monel Williams - 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