{"id":35166,"date":"2011-05-16T15:34:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=35166"},"modified":"2011-05-16T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T22:16:00","slug":"pundits-agree-uwp-is-at-crossroads-in-terms-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/pundits-agree-uwp-is-at-crossroads-in-terms-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Pundits agree UWP is at crossroads in terms of leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35167\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35167\" title=\"ron green\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ron-green.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ron-green.jpg 271w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ron-green-102x113.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political leader of the UWP, Ron Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Businessman Parry Bellot has said he is supporting a statement in the Chronicle\u2019s Newspaper which suggests that the United Workers Party (UWP) is at the crossroads in terms of political leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Bellot, a former press secretary under the deceased Eugenia Charles regime, said the UWP is on the wrong track.<\/p>\n<p>He told Kairi\u2019s Heng radio programme that the party shows disorganization and no real leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Bellot said there has to be a drastic change within the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been doing a lousy job as providing the possibility of an alternative government. The new Opposition leader has been very disappointing but generally the party shows disorganization and they are going nowhere. There has to be a drastic change if they want people to start supporting them at some point,\u201d Bellot argued.<\/p>\n<p>He says the Oppositions failure to attend parliament has upset the Dominican people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople do not accept that this is the way to go. There are several other alternatives to show your protest and disagreement with government policies but when you are elected to represent people, you need to do just that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime former Attorney General and candidate for the UWP in the 2009 general elections Bernard Wiltshire says while he agrees to statements that the UWP is at its crossroads, it has to do with the country\u2019s political climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look quite frankly at all oppositions, the political structure of Dominica so far has revealed that all Oppositions tend to be very weak,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He said one of the problems plaguing the opposition is finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opposition tends to be very weak. If they make mistakes it becomes worst and the UWP undoubtedly made mistakes,\u201d Wilshire said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Businessman Parry Bellot has said he is supporting a statement in the Chronicle\u2019s Newspaper which suggests that the United Workers Party (UWP) is at the crossroads in terms of political leadership. 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