Leader of the Opposition United workers Party (UWP) Lennox Linton told thousands of party supporters gathered on the Dame Eugenia Charles Boulevard where the party presented its slate of 21 candidates to the public that his party is “ready to take over governance in the country.”
| # | UWP Candidates | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezekel Bazil | Wesley |  |
| 2 | Glenroy "Soso" Cuffy | Roseau Central |  |
| 3 | Ronald Charles | Roseau Valley |  |
| 4 | Monelle Williams-Jno Baptiste | St. Joseph |  |
| 5 | Joshua Francis | Roseau South |  |
| 6 | Rosana Emmanuel | Petite Savanne |  |
| 7 | Francisca Joseph | Laplaine |  |
| 8 | Ernie Lawrence-Jno Finn | Castle Bruce |  |
| 9 | Dr. Worrel Sanford | Salybia |  |
| 10 | Lennox Linton | Marigot |  |
| 11 | Dr. Pharo Cuffy | Grandfond |  |
| 12 | Noreen John | Grand Bay |  |
| 13 | Danny Lugay | Roseau North |  |
| 14 | Dr. Sam Christian | Soufriere |  |
| 15 | Felix Thomas | Mahaut |  |
| 16 | Hector John | Salisbury |  |
| 17 | Nicholas George | Colihaut |  |
| 18 | Davis George | Paix Bouche |  |
| 19 | Jefferson James | Portsmouth |  |
| 20 | Marcus Romain | Cottage |  |
| 21 | Clement Marcellin | Vieille Case |  |
The UWP Linton said will focus on nature island citizen engagement and participation that brings government, people, businesses, civil society groups and neighborhoods in a collective effort to make our Dominica the real, authentic one and only Nature Island of the world.
“We will focus on good transparent and accountable government with a bias to solutions, fair treatments and positive results and just rewards for all. Your United Workers Party is the real change that Dominica is looking for,” he said.
He continued, “We stand ready and equipped to receive the people’s mandate to lead and manage the affairs in government. We cannot make any change and mimic what was there in the past; we have to do it differently…and we will do it differently.”
“We will reduce the size of Cabinet by at least 40% and we will pursue the required constitutional amendments and enact legislation to limit the time in office for any Prime Minister to two five year terms and we will establish a fixed date for general elections every five years,” Linton said to loud cheers and horns blowing from party faithful.
A UWP government Linton revealed will bring an immediate end to the practice of using the resources of Dominica to benefit outside interest with multi-million dollar contracts that Dominicans are ready, willing and able to do.
He among other things promised to “upgrade the salaries of all public officers to make them competitive to that of the OECS immediately and ensure that it makes personal economic sense to be a nurse, teacher and police officer serving the Commonwealth of Dominica.”
“All public officers serving for more than one year without an appointment will be appointed immediately to the public service. We will create a new suitable nature island economy with agriculture, tourism, renewable energy, information communication technology, and the cultural and water industry as the major pillars and grow the economy by 5-7 percent per year on average and create 12 thousand new jobs by 2025 and increase the minimum wage and old age pension by 50%,” the UWP leader stated.
He also promised to reduce the cost and maximize the ease of investing and doing business in Dominica with enactment of legislation and regulation to legalize and grow and process and export cannabis health and wellness product.
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