{"id":14493,"date":"2010-08-04T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=14493"},"modified":"2010-08-04T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T16:00:10","slug":"pm-defends-numerous-projects-marigot-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/pm-defends-numerous-projects-marigot-constituency\/","title":{"rendered":"PM defends numerous projects in Marigot constituency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DNOnews3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14495\" title=\"DNOnews3\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DNOnews3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DNOnews3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DNOnews3-125x113.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has rebutted Edison James&#8217; claims of neglect by his administration in the Marigot constituency.<\/p>\n<p>James, an elected member of Parliament and president of the United Workers Party (UWP), has repeatedly expressed disappointment in Government for doing very little for his constituency.\u00a0 However, Prime Minister Skerrit said that his statements are unfortunate since the Government has invested largely there over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Mr James is saying about Marigot is unfortunate. We have ongoing a water project in excess of $2 million in Marigot. We\u2019ve just completed the total rehabilitation and refurbishment of the primary school in Marigot&#8230;To the point where it\u2019s like a brand new school&#8230;We\u2019ve done some roads, I believe in Fine Grass&#8230;we\u2019ve done a bridge&#8230; The airport for example is in Marigot, and the people who are gonna benefit directly the most are the people of Marigot&#8230;There are a number of things that we\u2019re doing inside of Marigot,\u201d he said while addressing a press conference on Tuesday at the Ministry of Finance Conference Room.<\/p>\n<p>PM Skerrit pointed out that money has been allocated in the 2010\/2011 National Budget to rehabilitate the Marigot Hospital. \u201cWe have indicated in the budget address and budget statement by the\u00a0 minister for health that we have approved resources for the rehabilitation of\u00a0 Marigot hospital. There\u2019s money for that should start very soon once they finalize the details of it. We have indicated that we will be spending some more money in Marigot in respect to housing because there is a serious housing challenge in Marigot,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also announced the construction of a $13 million 50-room airport hotel facility near the Melville Hall Airport, to be funded by the Moroccan Government.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Marigot residents to develop a spirit of unity among themselves in order to achieve advancement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not believe that its fair, I believe that what they have to do in their constituency is to organise themselves and recognise that they have to get out of this five-year campaign, this political tribalism&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat &#8216;I do not want to see anything that\u2019s red, so if the government come and bring anything I do not want it because the government is red and I\u2019m blue&#8217;. We have to get away from these things and recognise that this is our country to build; this is one Dominica; there is north, there is south, there is east, there is west\u00a0 but at the end of the day there is one Dominica and we have to work together towards moving the process forward and so forth,\u201dthe prime minister advised.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that parliamentary representatives should properly represent their constituents in Parliament and indicated that \u201cwhen you come to the parliament, you ask all sorts of questions except about the people you represent&#8230;\u201d it is not proper representation.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated, \u201cI\u2019m saying there are a lot of things to be done inside Marigot because Marigot has been neglected long before this government came to office &#8230; they [Marigot community] must position themselves to work together and to engender a greater spirit of unity among themselves to cause themselves to be advanced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Government would normally discover the desires of the community through its own visits or calls from residents with a genuine concern and not through the parliamentary representative.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the government will continue to spend money in that constituency as it does with every constituency, adding \u201cand I believe that we treat Marigot people like we treat anybody else in this country&#8230; They all Dominicans.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has rebutted Edison James&#8217; claims of neglect by his administration in the Marigot constituency. 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