Roosevelt Skerrit sworn in as Dominica Prime Minister following landslide victory

Roosevelt Skerrit was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Sunday, hours after his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) was given a fourth consecutive term to lead the island-nation.

Voters in Dominica cast ballots for a new parliament on Friday following weeks of political unrest, and early returns indicated a landslide victory for the incumbent Skerrit and his DLP.

Preliminary results released by the Dominica Electoral Office showed that Skerrit’s DLP winning 18 of the Caribbean nation’s 21 legislative seats, giving it a clear mandate.