{"id":241220,"date":"2019-12-11T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T02:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=241220"},"modified":"2019-12-11T22:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T02:38:56","slug":"gonsalves-leads-campaign-against-re-election-of-oas-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/gonsalves-leads-campaign-against-re-election-of-oas-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Gonsalves leads campaign against re-election of OAS Secretary General"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216535\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216535\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ralph-Gonsalves-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ralph-Gonsalves-1.png 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ralph-Gonsalves-1-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ralph Gonsalves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is leading a campaign to ensure that Luis Almagro is not re-elected secretary general of the Organisation of American States (OAS) when elections are held early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Gonsalves, during a call last Sunday, December 8 to the \u2018Issues At Hand\u2019 programme on We FM said he is encouraging all CARICOM leaders to vote against Almagro and disclosed that he had another candidate in mind for the position.<\/p>\n<p>He had called the radio programme to congratulate the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) on their recent victory at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother teach me good manners you know, so I\u2019ll meet him, I\u2019ll be friendly with him,\u201d the Prime Minister said, noting that he has a cordial relationship with the OAS secretary-general.<\/p>\n<p>But, Gonsalves said: \u201cI don\u2019t like what he\u2019s done to the OAS and I don\u2019t like how he\u2019s seeking to implement a neoliberal agenda, don\u2019t like it at all; so I have to fight against that in the interest of the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the region. I\u2019m sorry. That is the position\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Almagro has received much criticism from within CARICOM since February this year when he made a tweet implying that the next General Elections in Dominica might not be free and fair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/searchlight.vc\/searchlight\/front-page\/2019\/12\/10\/pm-gonsalves-leads-campaign-against-almagros-re-election\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is leading a campaign to ensure that Luis Almagro is not re-elected secretary general of the Organisation of American States (OAS) when elections are held early next year. 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