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Linton, speaking to Matt Peltier, in the studios of Q95 FM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

United Workers Party (UWP) opposition leader, Lennox Linton has said the Prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit does not deserve to be anywhere near the seat of government.<\/p>\n

He was commenting on the teargassing of the village of Salisbury around four o\u2019clock in the morning on Thursday because of the recent protest actions that have been taken place in pursuit of free and fair elections through electoral reform.<\/p>\n

Linton described this action which reportedly involved RSS personnel, as \u201ca chemical warfare assault\u201d on residents in the area.<\/p>\n

He said persecuting people in that manner is not a way of making peace and maintaining law and order.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen what that happened since the officers have arrived in Dominica. We have seen the people of Salisbury tear-gassed in their homes between four and five o\u2019clock this morning,\u201d Linton stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny man that could bring a country to this, any man who will call out foreign troops, to be on Dominican soil intimidating people around the time of election just because they have stood up for free and fair elections does not deserve to be anywhere near the seat of government.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that the majority of these people who suffered from these actions had absolutely nothing to do with any protest action.<\/p>\n

The UWP leader called on his supporters all over Dominica to be \u201cbrave soldiers\u201d on Friday by going out and vote “to win this election by a landslide.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have available to us something called a vote and that vote will be exercised tomorrow..It is our numbers that are going to count in that election and so tomorrow, we are going out and we are voting in massive numbers regardless of his [Skerrit] attacks on freedom and fairness of elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Skerrit can do what he wants to make the elections not free in his favour but this election is about the people of Dominica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United Workers Party (UWP) opposition leader, Lennox Linton has said the Prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit does not deserve to be anywhere near the seat of government. 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