{"id":93748,"date":"2013-05-28T14:42:29","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T18:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=93748"},"modified":"2013-05-28T14:42:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T18:42:29","slug":"commentary-dominica-the-plight-of-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-dominica-the-plight-of-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Dominica: The plight of the people"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93751\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93751\" alt=\"Cabral Douglas\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cabral-douglas-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cabral-douglas-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cabral-douglas-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/cabral-douglas.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cabral Douglas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the race to the bottom in Dominican politics the plight of the people has become an inconvenient afterthought.<\/p>\n<p>When I speak of the people of Dominica, I am speaking of the professionally qualified and well presented mother from Bioche in desperate need of EC$5 to buy a litre of gasoline \u2013 just to be able send her children to school on a full stomach.<\/p>\n<p>While the sideshow of corruption allegations occupies centre stage, the rising cost of living coupled with the lack of job creation in Dominica has pushed more of our people below the poverty line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDominican\u2019s were better of under slavery. At least under slavery your slave master was responsible to take care of your food, clothing and shelter\u201d says a local farmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhereas today, people are still working just as hard yet cannot provide their basic necessities\u2026\u201d he concludes- barely taking note of the carnival parade of orange and white costumed men jumping in unison in the background.<\/p>\n<p>While many throughout the island are reluctant to speak out about their plight, no such caution exists in Dominica\u2019s bastion of political consciousness, Grand Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Texas I was paying $2.99 for a lb of peanut butter now that I am back in Dominica the same lb of peanut butter is costing me $25 \u2013 now you tell me how that making sense\u2026!\u201d adds a local trader.<\/p>\n<p>As the sound of the horn and drum intensify \u2013 a forceful but cogent explanation is offered from a man \u2013 with eloquent precision &#8211; his voice rises as he is now competing with the passing street band for attention:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a country we are not exporting nothing,\u201d he shouts. \u201cWe import 85% of what we consume \u2013 sending all of our money overseas.\u00a0 So our purchasing power is declining while the prices of imported goods is rising, which means by the time you add VAT it actually has the effect on your pocketbook of a 40% tax in terms of real purchasing power\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If this is the case, one can only wonder how the small business owners are coping\u2026?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how much they spend on tourism, the money is not reaching here, says a local Morne Jaune man as a crowd gathers outside a shop &#8211; we are a farming community\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>With dominos crashing down as match point approaches \u2013 a local Dublanc proprietor wonders why the lower fuel prices delivered by Petro Caribe are not being passed down to the consumer?<\/p>\n<p>One senior farmer in Castle Bruce bemoans the fact that the price of fuel is so high that he can no longer afford to transport his produce to the Roseau market.<\/p>\n<p>Overlooking the now famous banana plantation where Loreen Bannis agreed to join forces with labour in 2000 &#8211; a young, educated professional stops for a chat after a long day of work:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current administration has a lot of explaining to do\u2026and even then labour will have difficulty retaining this seat, certainly if no improvement takes place prior to the next election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast to the almost fanatical sea of red I was greeted with in Ville Case, and to a lesser extent Portsmouth, the fiercely independent people of Colihaut seem to be a bit more flexible, at least those who have not boycotted politics altogether.<\/p>\n<p>At one point I ask a local shopkeeper if he could elaborate on the extent of the poor parliamentary representation in the village \u2013 he replies bluntly:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say our representation has been poor is an understatement, the fact is our representation has been non-existent from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A middle-aged father adds his two cents to the discussion:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that Colihaut has been an unlucky constituency \u2013 we\u2019ve been unlucky under all governments.\u00a0 There is no political party that can come down here right now and claim they have earned our vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question of effective representation was a reoccurring theme during my tour as a senior Portsmouth fisherman explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big problem I have right now is that dem man were elected to serve you, yet every time you check dem man, they carry on as though it is you that supposed to serve them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With election season approaching in Dominica, and the plight of the people slipping further and further into the background of Dominican politics \u2013 you the people have spoken!<\/p>\n<p>And, the message is loud and clear:<\/p>\n<p>The people of Dominica are calling for a united front to serve this country under one flag \u2013 the Dominican flag \u2013 and given the economic realities on the ground, our very survival as a free, independent and economically viable people might just depend on it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cabral Douglas is the son of the late Prime Minister Rosie Douglas.\u00a0 He has been working in Australia as a lawyer, investment advisor and business editor for the last seven years.\u00a0 He is now back home permanently.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of Dominica News Online or its advertisers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the race to the bottom in Dominican politics the plight of the people has become an inconvenient afterthought. 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