{"id":353793,"date":"2025-12-14T18:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=353793"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T01:17:16","slug":"thomson-for-political-leader-83-votes-rodney-73-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/thomson-for-political-leader-83-votes-rodney-73-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomson Fontaine re-elected political Leader of United Workers Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-353794 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07-642x856.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07-642x856.jpeg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07-360x480.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-14-at-15.31.07.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\nDr Thomson Fontaine has been re-elected the political leader of the United Workers Party winning 83 Votes to Pastor Randy Rodney&#8217;s 73 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The result came from the UWP Delegates conference that was held this evening.<\/p>\n<p>The others results from the conference elections are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Political Leader &#8211; Ronald Charles<\/p>\n<p>President &#8211; Claudius Sanford<br \/>\nVP- Birney Ryan<br \/>\nGeneral Secretary- Nicolas George<br \/>\nAsst. General Secretary- Walter Greenaway<br \/>\nTreasurer &#8211; Ken Joseph<br \/>\nAsst. Treasurer &#8211; Erasmus Laurent<br \/>\nPRO &#8211; Glenroy Cuffy<br \/>\nInternational Secretary- Dr. MacDonald Thomas<\/p>\n<p>Trustees: Norris Prevost, Jno-Finn and Vincent Dupuis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr Thomson Fontaine has been re-elected the political leader of the United Workers Party winning 83 Votes to Pastor Randy Rodney&#8217;s 73 votes. The result came from the UWP Delegates conference that was held this evening. 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