UWP’s new political leader, Dr. Thomson Fontaine, has tasked international communities to expel Dominica and revoke its memberships. Fontaine said Dominica deserves to be suspended from the Organization of American States (OAS), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and other international communities for its failure to implement electoral reforms before holding general elections.
Fontaine said he is conveying the conclusions reached by the coalition of opposition parties in Dominica over the December 6 snap elections called by PM Roosevelt Skerrit. The economist said he has relayed this position to election observers dispatched to Dominica – on the invitation of Skerrit – to monitor the elections. He said the forthcoming election is a sham and an insult on the collective intelligence of Dominica’s citizenry.
Fontaine demanded that world leaders must not recognize the validity of any DLP government that rises to power on the basis of the snap elections. He said the UWP, DFP, NJAM, and other opposition parties believe that no general election must hold in Dominica without the implementation of electoral reforms, provision of voters cards, and cleaning up of the voters register.
Meanwhile, a coalition of opposition parties across the country staged a rally on the evening of Monday, December 5, to protest the forthcoming elections. They mounted a peaceful demonstration to rally the support of everyone on the Island against participating in the electoral process. All opposition parties have withdrawn their involvement in the election and would not be voting, and they want people to stay away from polling booths on December 6.
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