{"id":254,"date":"2009-12-21T20:02:28","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T02:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2012-04-12T21:42:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T01:42:13","slug":"election-results-will-not-determine-political-future-dfp-leader-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/election-results-will-not-determine-political-future-dfp-leader-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Election results will not determine political future, DFP leader says"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/judith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255\" title=\"judith\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/judith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/judith.jpg 383w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/judith-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DFP Leader, Judith Pestaina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP)Judith Pestaina says the outcome of the December 18 general elections will not determine the future of her political career.<\/p>\n<p>The previously powerful DFP, fielded 11 candidates at the December 18 2009 general elections, but failed to win any seat in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot give up because you didn\u2019t win an election\u201d Pestaina said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said before, I wouldn\u2019t do like former leaders of the party did. When they lost an election, they went and had a coalition with another party and just forgot about building back the party,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>The DFP leader believes she has made strides since she assumed the leadership of the DFP in September 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin one year having come from where I was, to where I am now, in terms of building up of the party, making sure that the party had an image and took part in the whole political process, I think that says a lot for myself and for the party,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But Pestaina also disclosed the results of the election did not surprise her. In fact she said, \u201cIt would be naive of anybody to think that the Dominica Freedom Party was able to do much better\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to realize that the Freedomites who put in the Labour party in 2000, 2005, also voted Labour in 2009, so there\u2019s no mystery about that. It is quite obvious that that is what happened,\u201d Pestaina underscored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly wasn\u2019t surprised at the outcome of the elections because Freedomites are still supporting the Labour party and it is clear that is what happened,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP)Judith Pestaina says the outcome of the December 18 general elections will not determine the future of her political career. 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