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A new political party has been officially recognized in the Commonwealth of Dominica.<\/p>\n
A letter from the Chief Elections Officer Ian Michael Anthony stated that under Regulation 4(2) of the House of Assembly (Elections) Regulations, the United Progressive Party (UPP), \u201cis a recognized political party in the Commonwealth of Dominica with effect from May 8, 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIn that regard, the party has been allocated the Bottle as its symbol. Accordingly, the official candidate or candidates of the party, in each constituency shall be entitled to have the party symbol printed opposite his or her name on the ballot paper,\u201d Anthony said.<\/p>\n
Dominica News Online (DNO) got hold of a copy of the UPP constitution and declarations which were officially launched in the Kalinago Territory and which clearly state that any provision in the constitution inconsistent with the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica, is null and void.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Party\u2019s color shall be orange and its symbol shall be the bottle,\u201d the constitution further states. \u201cThe Party\u2019s symbol represents independence and freedom subject to the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The Motto of the Party shall be \u2018Unity for Progress\u2019 while the slogan is \u2018Unity for progress'”.<\/p>\n
According to the document, “the UPP envisions a Dominica which stands tall and moves where democracy and freedom fully prevail, the people have dignity, the resources of the country are used in a sustainable manner towards optimizing the well-being of its citizens and residents in an equitable manner, and people are empowered to thrive economically and socially and are committed to the common good and the power of community.”<\/p>\n
The Party’s mission, according to its constitution, is to contest the general elections in Dominica in order to gain political office, \u201cso that it can manage the nation\u2019s affairs towards attaining the above vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThe Party\u2019s core values shall be sustainable development, solidarity, dignity, justice, equity, liberty, freedom, transparency, leadership integrity and accountability,\u201d the constitution goes on to state, \u201cThe Party shall develop policy papers, strategies, programs and manifestoes to guide the pursuit of its mission and to guide and make progress towards the vision. While not in political office, the Party shall engage in encouraging sustainable development efforts and as much as is possible, contribute to laying a foundation that would facilitate faster development progress once it enters into political office than would otherwise be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0It says the Party’s duties are to promote the Party\u2019s objective, mission, policies and programs, popularize and defend the policies and programs of the Party, adhere to the codes, policies and rules of the Party.<\/p>\n
National officials will constitute the National Executive Council of the UPP.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cNational Officials shall be elected by the delegates of the Party to serve for a three (3) year term,\u201d the constitution explains. \u201cIn electing the national officials, the delegates congress shall make reasonable efforts towards having not more than two-thirds of the membership being of the same gender.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dominica\u2019s political spectrum currently includes the reigning Dominica Labour Party (DLP) established in 1955, the second oldest Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) founded in 1968, followed by the United Workers Party (UWP) in 1988. Additionally, the Alternative Peoples\u2019 Party (APP) and Team Unity Dominica (TUD) were established in 2019\u00a0and 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new political party has been officially recognized in the Commonwealth of Dominica. A letter from the Chief Elections Officer Ian Michael Anthony stated that under Regulation 4(2) of the House of Assembly (Elections) Regulations, the United Progressive Party (UPP),…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":322252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[235,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n