UPDATE: Dominica Labour Party wins boycotted general election 19-2
According to the Electoral Office of Dominica, the DLP won at the polls 19-2.
Jesma Paul won the Salisbury Constituency, while Anthony S Charles won the Marigot Constituency as independent candidates.
The snap election was boycotted by the main opposition party and its supporters.
Twenty-one of 32 seats in the House of Assembly were up for grabs in Tuesday’s voting, with several automatically going to Skerrit’s Dominica Labor Party since the opposition parties did not submit candidates.
The remaining nine members are chosen by the assembly or the president and two other members are ex-officio, held by the speaker and attorney general.
PM Skeritt to meet with successful independent candidates
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Skerrit has congratulated the two independent candidates who were successful at the polls, saying he plans to meet with them to chart a way forward for the country.
He stated that he wants to hear from them their visions for their constituencies and what the government can do to support them.
Skerrit said he plans to meet with all candidates who contested the election to see how they can participate in the “national reset that we have spoken about.”
“And of course, I will meet with the leader of the United Workers Party to discuss with him some of his views where the country is concerned,” he said.
‘No political axes to grind’- PM Skeritt
He said he has no political axes to grind.
“Certainly somebody who has won five straight terms cannot have have any political axes to grind, so I am really hoping that we can change the atmosphere in the country where the political discussion is concerned,” he said.
He also promised Dominicans “increasingly broad-based engagement” but warned that “people must come with clean hands and they must not come with ulterior motives.”
“They must come to the table with a genuine desire to advancing the national efforts towards our prosperity, our peace and our progress and we look forward to engaging all stakeholders,” he said on the state-owned DBS Radio on December 6, 2022.
See previous article published December 6, 2022
Today, Dec 6, 2022 is Election Day in Dominica
Today, Tuesday, December 6, 2022, is election day in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
A total of 43 candidates have registered to compete across the 21 constituencies
The Dominica Labour Party (DLP) already has a six-seat lead in the National Assembly as they won the Paix-Bouche, Vieille Case, Cottage, Colihaut, Petite Savanne and Roseau Valley constituencies since they were unopposed.
The DLP, Team Unity Dominica and a slew of independent candidates are competing in the snap election.
Main rivals boycott election
The DLP’s main rivals the United Workers Party and Dominica Freedom Party have boycotted the election, as they believe the current electoral process gives Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit an unfair advantage.
The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), whose members are drawn from across the Commonwealth, is in Dominica monitoring the elections at the invitation of Prime Minister Skerrit.
Our newsroom will be among the first to bring results of today’s election.
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19 Responses to “UPDATE: Dominica Labour Party wins boycotted general election 19-2”
In the year 2022; especially in a so called developing country and the people our people are in suspense as to when there will be the elections; is criminal and simple minded
the time have come when there is a designated day for the people to go to the polls
One-Man walking around with the election date in his back pocket which some of panicking
More like corruption day. The evil corrupted dictator is doing everything he can to hold on to power. Giving himself a big unfair advantage every election.