{"id":37990,"date":"2011-06-21T14:17:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T18:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=37990"},"modified":"2011-06-21T14:37:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T18:37:28","slug":"not-the-dominica-e-o-leblanc-spoke-about-athie-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/not-the-dominica-e-o-leblanc-spoke-about-athie-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Not the Dominica E.O. Leblanc spoke about&#8221; &#8211; Athie Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37991\" title=\"athie\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/athie-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/athie-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/athie-75x113.jpg 75w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/athie.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The Citizens Forum for Good Governance last night held the latest edition of its Listen, Learn, Educate (LLE) tour at Enbas Mango in Vielle Case.<\/p>\n<p>The non-partisan effort, received well by those in attendance, featured speeches from politicians such as Bernard Witshire, UWP candidate for the Castle Bruce constituency in the last general elections and Maynard Joseph, former Freedom Party parliamentary representative for the Vielle Case constituency, as well as other notable citizens, Tiyani Behanzin and Clayton Shillingford, president of the Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Atherton Martin, who chaired the proceedings, insisted that the Dominica that currently exists is far removed from the vision of Vielle Case\u2019s own Edward O. Leblanc, former Premier of Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>Martin said, \u201c[This] is not the kind of Dominica that E.O. Leblanc spoke to us about in the 1960\u2019s. The Dominica he spoke about was one in which we showed respect for youth, for culture, for history and in particular, the elders among us.\u201d He referenced the December 2010 fire-bombing of the Emmanuel residence.<\/p>\n<p>The Forum also afforded residents of Vielle Case and nearby communities the opportunity to voice some of their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Despite rumors of an impending protest of the proceedings in which Dominica Labour Party supporters were expected to wear red hat and shirts to the Forum, it went off without disturbance.<\/p>\n<p>The LLE tour has previously been to the communities of Scotts Head, Portsmouth and Colihaut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Citizens Forum for Good Governance last night held the latest edition of its Listen, Learn, Educate (LLE) tour at Enbas Mango in Vielle Case. 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