Following the declaration of results in the December 2019 general elections, the OAS Observer Mission issued its preliminary findings and recommendations. It advised that a more detailed final report that expands on its observations and recommendations will be presented to the OAS Permanent Council in Washington, D.C. The said report is supposed to be shared with […]
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The OAS observed an electoral process in the Commonwealth of Dominica for the first time in 2009. In preparing to observe the December 8th General Elections in 2014, an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) comprising electoral specialists drawn from six OAS Member States was sent to Dominica. Following the elections, the OAS mission issued its […]
He beats his chest and insults hard working businessmen who challenges his voodoo economic theory …. “We now have a billion dollar economy he says”… Yes we have a billion dollar economy but we can’t fix our one and only national library sitting right next to the $32 million dollar presidential palace prepared for one […]
In the last edition of this series, the OAS was recognized as an organization with the mandate to promote and defend the principles and values of democracy, inclusive of freedom of speech, openness, transparency, tolerance for the diversity of political views, respect for the rule of law and ensuring free and fair elections. The OAS […]
In June 2016, the Secretary-General of the OAS, Mr. Luis Almagro blamed President Nicolas Maduro’s government for the crisis in Venezuela. He described the country before the OAS Council as one mired in poverty, bad governance, corruption and violence. Most of the member states of the OAS voted in favor of Almagro presenting his report […]
According to a “pretty” well-known, angry sounding DLP radio and Facebook propagandist, the contributors to the DominicaPatriot.com have “chosen to waste time writing long, flip flopping diatribes that make absolutely no sense.” As usual, Mr. Christian could not resist commenting on our articles. Unfortunately for him, he proceeded with his habitual blind attack on any […]
Inasmuch as it is constitutionally and ethically improper for the executive arm of government to invite Sir Dennis Byron to conduct a half a million dollar “consultancy” on electoral reform, one is mindful that Section 41 of our Constitution mandates the government “to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Dominica,” subject […]
The debate on cabinet’s appointment of Sir Bryon has been intense. Public reaction on traditional and social media has been diverse and wide-ranging. It is obvious that Dominicans are distressed over the prolonged political gamesmanship of the DLP administration with our Constitution and our electoral laws. In this edition of our ongoing series on electoral […]
The recent appointment of Mr. Lincoln Corbette and Davidson Valerie to the Offices of Chief and Deputy Chief of Police respectively has once again forced upon us the vexing issue of abuse of authority and the continuing violation of our Constitution by the Prime Minister and President of Dominica that we must revisit. The United […]
By a patriotic contributor Three months following the December 6, 2020 general elections, Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, announced that he had invited eminent Caribbean Jurist, Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron, to perform the services of Sole Commissioner for electoral reform process in Dominica. The Electoral Commission is a creature of the Constitution of Dominica. It […]