The end of 2019, Dominica finds itself with a full fledge dictator, Roosevelt Skerrit. There is really no one to blame but the Dominican people through the years who has enabled this man. This misuse of funds, cheating,lying and bribery goes far back to the beginning of his political career . So in the last 15 years Roosevelt Skerrit has been able to enrich himself to the point where he can now steal every election and publicly brag about it.
The Dominican people are now subdued , defeated and coward as he laughs at them in his speeches. He publicly denounces American Imperialism and privately enjoys American Capitalism. Sad state for poor people of Dominica getting their “little cool out money” while billions are shared at the upper end .
We wanted to remind you of where all this started. Below is an excerpt from 2007 TIMES NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BY MATT PELTIER – this resulted in Roosevelt Skerrit suing and Peltier
“MILLION DOLLAR ASSETS, $5000.00 SALARY”
“Our investigations reveal that on August 8th, 2005, Prime Minister Skerrit purchased a 2.06-acre portion of the Hartington Estate in Trafalgar.
On September 1st, 2005, he purchased an additional 2.989 acres – part of the Wallhouse Estate. Indications are Skerrit paid cash in the Trafalgar transaction and secured bank financing for not more than 33% percent of the 2005 market price of the Wallhouse land.
Professionals in the field of land valuation indicate that at the time of purchase, fair market value for the Hartington Estate property was approximately $448,000.00, while the value estimate for the Wallhouse Property was $650,000.00.
It however appears from the registration documents that the land was purchased for about $1.00 a square foot in the case of the Wall house property and $1.01 per square foot for the Trafalgar acquisition.
Since land in both areas have been sold at significantly higher rates, these suggested purchase prices raise questions about the land values used for the purpose of calculating taxes paid to the government for registration and the transfers of title to Skerrit.
Observers are noting that both acquisitions surfaced in the wake of the 2005 general election – an event characterized by the Dominica Labour Party’s lavish multi-million dollar spending at a time when it was burdening citizens with the most painful economic adjustment programme in the history of this country.
It is now widely expected that Mr. Skerrit will explain how he has been able to secure these and other personal assets conservatively valued at well over one million dollars on his legal income as a Minister of Government since February 2000…… an excerpt from The Times article Million Dollar Assets, $5,000 Salary”
Maybe if Skerrit or his advisors were God Fearing men they would have taken heed of “Matthew 5:30” –
“If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
But they are not God fearing- instead they are the new Pirates of the Caribbean.
So true. It’s so sad where Dca has found itself! Now it’s even harder to get these hungry hyenas of the backs of poor ppl.