CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE DAIC’ ON ITS WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\nIn the statement, the DAIC said “the current discord surrounding the issue of Mr. Brisbane\u2019s letter to aid donors and the response from Minister Savarin for a boycott of OD Brisbane & Sons is a distraction from more pressing national issues. The Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) disassociates itself from Mr. Brisbane\u2019s letter which, in effect, casts aspersions on Dominica\u2019s good name among donors. The Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) does not believe that any Minister of Government should be calling for a boycott of any legal business establishment in Dominica. Implicit in the constitutional right to free expression is the obligation to act responsibly to avoid tarnishing the names and reputations of individuals, institutions, businesses and yes, Dominica.”
\nFirst Domestic Insurance\u2019s Robert Tonge confirmed his resignation to DNO today, which he said has been in effect since Wednesday this week. He confirmed that the association\u2019s statement was among reasons for his departure. He failed to expound on the matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not in relation to that only,\u201d he said, then added, “I am an accredited director, which means I\u2019ve gotten training to be a director. And in addition to that, what I have learnt I practice it, and as a result of that, persons who are not trained would tend to operate slightly different than how I would operate, so that would be my primary reason for resigning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burton and Company Ltd\u2019s Trevor Burton, who also served on the association\u2019s board of directors, told DNO that he issued his letter of resignation two days ago.\u00a0 He failed however to give a reason for his decision, stating that he had not yet informed the DAIC of his reasons for departure.<\/p>\n
Reports also state that Foued Issa of Issa Trading have also resigned. His decision, according to a reliable source, was due to his discontentment with the DAIC\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n
Efforts to reach Issa and the head of the association have been futile but DNO will continue give updates.<\/p>\n
In addition, one other member on the association has also reportedly resigned.<\/p>\n
On a radio program last month hosted by Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphans with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit joining in via the telephone, Savarin called on Dominicans to \u201cboycott\u201d Jerry Brisbane\u2019s business, Brizees Mart.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the EU gives budgetary assistance it pays civil servants. So no civil servant can take the European Union money that is paid to government as budgetary assistance and go and bring it for Jerry Brisbane at Brizees Mart. They cannot do that. Nobody working on a Chinese-funded project can take their wages and their salaries and go and bring it for Jerry Brisbane at Brizees Mart\u2026 whether it is at Petro Caribe\u2026west coast on the Soufriere road [or] anywhere else\u2026\u201dMinister Savarin had stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I believe that the people of Dominica must understand and do not respond. Here he is standing against those who are seeking to help us to develop this country. The people individually and collectively have to respond by boycotting OD Brisbane and Sons. That is my firm recommendation\u2026\u201d Savarin had said.<\/p>\n
The minister\u2019s comments came in response to Brisbane\u2019s publication of two letters he (Brisbane) sent to donor countries and organisations raising concern over what he said was government\u2019s decision to take a $27 million loan to build an \u201cunnecessary\u201d new luxury State House during times of financial crisis. Another of these letters spoke against \u201cpoor tendering practices\u201d by the government on important infrastructural projects.<\/p>\n
Minister Savarin also added: \u201cI am firmly of the view that, I mean personally, nobody from my house will go to Brizees Mart and do any purchases even if the goods required are to be found only in Brizees Mart. That is a firm position where my household is concerned and that is my recommendation to the rest of Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brisbane\u2019s letters were first published on Dominica News Online (DNO) in response to a previous statement from the prime minister who had accused some Dominicans of writing to donor countries asking them to stop providing funds for developmental projects around the country.<\/p>\n
Brisbane had sought to clear his name by posting the two letters. The businessman stated that none of the letters stated that donor countries should withdraw monetary assistance from Dominica.<\/p>\n
Brisbane, through parent company OD Brisbane & Sons, has been petitioning for the resignation of Savarin. He has set up an online petition via DNO, the first e-petition in the country. Readers are directed to the petition site, also constructed by DNO, after clicking on a paid banner advertising the petition. Petition forms have also been circulated around the country, Brisbane said.<\/p>\n
The ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has however stood by their minister, stating in a press statement released shortly after the petition, that the party \u201ccondemns\u201d Brisbane for writing to the donor countries and that the businessman\u2019s \u201cactions goes well beyond what is accepted as free speech and normal party political opposition in a democratic society and is an attack on the sovereignty and political integrity of the state as well as a concerted and deliberate effort to interfere with the foreign relations of the state and undermine and sabotage the economic, infrastructural and social development as well as the employment generation efforts of the state\u201d.<\/p>\n
The DLP also stated: \u201cThe People of Dominica have every right to be outraged by the actions of Mr. Brisbane and in that regard the Dominica Labour Party stands by and fully endorses the statements made by the Honourable Charles Savarin on the matter and calls on the people of Dominica to similarly support the Minister in his condemnation of the actions of Jerry Brisbane acting in his capacity of Chairman of O.D. Brisbane and Sons.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica News Online (DNO) can confirm that at least three board members on the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) have resigned. Reports are that their resignations were due to dissatisfaction with the\u00a0 DAIC\u2019s recent statement in response to…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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Dominica News Online (DNO) can confirm that at least three board members on the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) have resigned.<\/p>\n