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Three members of the Opposition, United Workers Party (UWP) will seek the top leadership position when the party holds its delegates conference scheduled for Sunday, November 27, 2022, at the Goodwill Parish Hall.<\/p>\n

This is according to the President of the party, Isaac Baptiste.<\/p>\n

The leadership position has been opened to the members of the party since its leader, Lennox Linton resigned early last month.<\/p>\n

Linton said in a Facebook post on October 3, that his resignation from the post of the political leader of UWP emerged from the national yearning for change \u201cthat is a must. For real change that people, especially the youth can believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my knowledge, there are at least three candidates who confirmed that they are interested, and pursuing the leadership of the party,\u201d Baptiste revealed. \u201cI do not wish to declare their names.”<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cEvery position in the party is up for re-election and this is what we are doing so that at the end of the month on that same day there will be new leadership of the party, determined by the delegates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Baptiste’s unwillingness to declare the names of the nominees for election as UWP political leader, two of these nominees, Clement Marcellin and Dr. Thomson Fontaine, have confirmed their candidacy while speculation has been rife that Psychiatrist, Dr. Griffin Benjamin, although he has not made any public pronouncement on the matter, is the third candidate.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Baptiste is discouraging the Dominican public from participating in the December 6, general elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery Dominican individually or collectively has their right to decide if they want to contest this election as an independent candidate or with others under some name,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

However, he said the UWP and the majority of patriotic organizations in Dominica have decided that \u201cthere should not be another election in Dominica without electoral reform.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baptiste said this is what the party is pursuing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we recognize the constitutional rights of persons to decide what they want to do.”<\/p>\n

He indicated that the candidates of the Dominica Labour Party need to consider morally if what they are doing is right.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I want to discourage everyone from participating including the Labour Party Candidates in the name of country,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three members of the Opposition, United Workers Party (UWP) will seek the top leadership position when the party holds its delegates conference scheduled for Sunday, November 27, 2022, at the Goodwill Parish Hall. 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