{"id":9594,"date":"2010-05-20T14:41:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=9594"},"modified":"2010-05-20T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T03:45:00","slug":"boycott-by-elections-astaphan-advises-uwp-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/boycott-by-elections-astaphan-advises-uwp-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Boycott by-elections &#8211; Astaphan advises UWP supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6671\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/AnthonyAstaphanNew-300x2361.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6671\" title=\"AnthonyAstaphanNew-300x236\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/AnthonyAstaphanNew-300x2361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>(DNO)<\/strong> Supporters of the United Workers Party (UWP) in Salisbury and Marigot are being advised to boycott by-elections in these two constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Senor Counsel Anthony Astaphan said strong messages should be sent to Edison James and Hector John for their failure to represent the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time has come for this absolute delusion that the UWP and their supporters are suffering from should come to an end. They seem to believe that they were cheated out of the election and they still cannot tell us where the 4,000 votes that they had in the last election went to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Astaphan said the people need to send a clear message to the UWP that \u201cpolitics is for men and not for boys with toys\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the supporters and people who voted for them should boycott the by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Dominicans are expected to go to the polls sometime in July following announcements that the Marigot and Salisbury seats are now vacant following the failure of their representatives to attend parliament<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(DNO) Supporters of the United Workers Party (UWP) in Salisbury and Marigot are being advised to boycott by-elections in these two constituencies. 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