UWP candidate for Castle Bruce constituency, Ernie Lawrence-Jno Finn, told Dominicans resident in Antigua and Barbuda that they will soon be “proud to be called nature islanders” again. She said “you will be proud again to be called Dominicans” when the UWP comes to power in the coming general elections.
Finn made the declaration while accusing the DLP of trying to distort her statements for political gain. According to her, a DLP supporter extracted a line from her speech at a town hall meeting in St. Maarten by crediting her as saying “I don’t even want people to know I’m from Dominica”. The UWP Castle Bruce candidate said it was malicious for the individual to quote her out of context in order to malign her.
However, investigations revealed that what Finn actually said at the meeting was:
It is time that we join forces because we need to save our country. We need to rekindle that pride in Dominica because I know there are some people who say, ‘I don’t even want people to know I’m from Dominica.’ But with Team Dominica, when we get into office, under the leadership of the Honourable Lennox Linton, pride will come back to Dominica and you will be proud to be called nature islanders. You will be proud again to be called Dominicans.
Ernie Lawrence-Jno Finn
She said it is not clear if the individual was acting on his own or on behalf of the DLP in an attempt to bring her down. Finn said they will not succeed and that her crown will remain firmly on her head.
Finn told Dominicans abroad that life will be better in the country when the UWP comes to power under the leadership of Lennox Linton. She told Dominicans in Antigua:
We need your help. My people I know you are in Antigua but your hearts are in Dominica, because you want to come back home, but the way things are at home, the way the economy is that does not make it possible for you to come home.
Ernie Lawrence-Jno Finn
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