{"id":339031,"date":"2025-03-26T13:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=339031"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:03:43","slug":"dfp-leader-let-us-rethink-this-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/dfp-leader-let-us-rethink-this-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"DFP leader: &#8216;Let us rethink this thing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_339032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339032\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-339032\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bernard-Hurtault-Political-Leader-Dominica-Freedom-Party.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"434\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernard Hurtault, Political Leader- Dominica Freedom Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have to step back and ask ourselves, are these activities and actions we are taking going to get us to win elections?\u201d Those were the words of\u00a0Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Bernard Hurtault while delivering remarks during a virtual press conference for international news media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference was organized by the Electoral Reform Coalition (ERC) in light of what they say is persecution and police brutality in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, March 19, the ERC staged protest action in Roseau demanding electoral reform, &#8220;&#8230;that the people of Dominica have asked for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protesters clashed with police outside of parliament. The lawmen then used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the angry crowd. In defense, the protesters pelted stones at the police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ERC has been calling for voter ID cards, campaigning financing, and re-registration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following last week\u2019s protest actions a total of 10 individuals have been arrested, among them are former MP for the Salisbury constituency Hector \u2018Spags\u2019 John, and Former MP for Roseau North, Daniel Lugay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think that at some point we have to accept and ask ourselves: what is truly next? Because I think if we keep doing this stuff I don\u2019t think we will get the results that we hoped for,\u201d Hurtault said. \u201cSo I think at some point we have to get more imaginative, more creative, think outside the box, rethink the entire thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cI think this is a junction and a point for us to rethink the entire thing about what the political opposition in Dominica is about and what it is we are going to do to win elections?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Hurtault, this is not about protest nor electoral reform, \u201cBut the end is to win elections, so we have to step back and ask ourselves are these activities and actions we are taking&#8230;going to get us to win elections?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He argued that continuing to pursue the path of protesting as necessary as it may be, \u00a0will not lead &#8220;us&#8221; to electoral victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is not really getting us results,\u201d he stressed. \u201cLet us rethink this thing. Let us see what we can do to get the list ourselves cleaned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat can we do to reach out to the communities? What can we do to overcome the issue of money?\u201d Hurtault added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, he pointed out that it doesn\u2019t take $10,000 to win an election in Dominica. Rather, it takes passion, commitment, reaching out to the people, and motivating them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe list is here, let us innovate around that,\u201d he advised. \u201cHow can we ensure that the people who vote are the people who are supposed to vote? How can we make sure that our people register to vote? What can we do to get the young people to register?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He encouraged the ERC to use the moment to reimagine what it would take for the opposition to be strong, powerful, and able to win an election in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think we can do it.\u00a0We have bright innovative people, but we really have to take this step back and say what can we do?\u00a0Innovate around the constraints rather than accepting the constraints and fighting because that has not helped,\u201d Hurtault encouraged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ERC is a civil society organization in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dom767.com\/dompedia\/the-commonwealth-of-dominica\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dom767.com\/dompedia\/the-commonwealth-of-dominica\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743091792352000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aHFsWSnuaGi1jemKrBbJA\">Dominica<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to advocating for comprehensive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dom767.com\/dompedia\/electoral-reform-in-dominica\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dom767.com\/dompedia\/electoral-reform-in-dominica\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743091792352000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FRNb4Mxwzf475AUMHgFto\">electoral reforms<\/a> and ensure free and fair elections. It was established in response to longstanding concerns over the integrity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dom767.com\/dompedia\/dominica-electoral-process\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dom767.com\/dompedia\/dominica-electoral-process\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1743091792352000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KWiNxBZaRABV6m70yxr3a\">Dominica\u2019s electoral process<\/a>. The group comprises various stakeholders, including political parties, trade unions, religious organizations, and private sector entities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe have to step back and ask ourselves, are these activities and actions we are taking going to get us to win elections?\u201d Those were the words of\u00a0Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Bernard Hurtault while delivering remarks during&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":339032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[325,235,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electoral-reform","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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