Politics
Dominica: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit hints at an early election
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has revealed that he is contemplating calling a general election ahead of the 2015 constitutional deadline.
Skerrit, addressing members of his Dominica Labor Party (DLP) on Tuesday night, indicated that he would call an early general elections if he were “pushed by the opposition”.
The main opposition United Workers party (UWP) is expected to elect talk-show host Lennox Linton as its leader when the party meets later this year for its annual convention.
Former prime minister Edison James has already indicated that he will not be contesting for his Marigot riding seat, which he has represented in parliament for a number of years.
In the 2011 general election, the Dominica Labor Party won 12 of the 15 seats. The UWP later unsuccessfully contested in the courts the electoral victories of Prime Minister Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean on the grounds that they held French passports at the time of their nominations. -(CMC)