Lennox Linton's continuous attempts to defame Dominica

Lennox Linton's continuous attempts to defame Dominica are uncountable. There has been a series of events that refers to the cruel intentions of the Opposition leader as efforts to slander the reputation of the country to earn power and money that comes in handy with campaign fundings near the general elections.

Leader of Opposition is not new to the money scam controversies as he has been exposed by several international media organisations about his alleged attempts to make money by the influence of him being in the house of parliament.

Lennox Linton's efforts to defame Dominica on a broader front has been followed by some of his previous actions where he had signed off a deal to sale diplomatic passports in exchange of funds for the general elections. The corrupt efforts of Mr Linton were showcased in Al-Jazeera's documentary titled "Diplomats for Sale."

Lennox Linton's relations emerged with Brahim Ghali, the leader of the separatist Polisario Front where he visited Brahim Ghali in October 2017, Linton supported the separation agenda of Brahim Ghali who is facing critical criminal charges in the National Court of Spain. Along with that, Lennox Linton also received US $500,000 from the Polisario Front as election funding and Ghali offered him fertilizers for farmers in Dominica.

The investigations revealed that an individual by the name of Dr Pappachan Baby was operating Ballsbridge University from India. It has also come to consideration that all the doctorate degrees were distributed in events conducted in different locations, mainly in Delhi, India. The well-established Indian newspaper 'The Statesman' named Lennox Linton as Dr Pappachan Baby's top aid in Dominica.

The Dominican opposition leader Lennox Linton allegedly received one million dollars from an investor named Terry Baron in exchange for a piece of land in Dominica. The scandal was revealed by a Europe based news organization CCE NEWS. The WhatsApp chats between Lennox Linton and Terry Baron along with their photographs at a United Workers Party's event were also surfaced.

Just two months before general elections the information about international wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim holding a Commonwealth of Dominica's passport was first raised by a web portal titled "Weekly Blitz", which was somehow influenced by the leader of the opposition and Member of Parliament, Lennox Linton. It was revealed later on that news about Dawood Ibrahim was completely fake as Head of the CBIU along with Interpol conducted a thorough inquiry into this matter. The findings of the investigations suggested no links or connections between the most wanted terrorist and Dominica. Moreover, internal researches by Foreign Affair Ministry of Dominica and the police returned the same verdict: Ibrahim had never applied for nor been granted Dominican citizenship or passport.

Opposition leaders in the whole Caribbean like Lennox Linton refuses to step down from their positions despite losing several general elections. The refusal comes as these individuals celebrate Christmas every five years with the funding money they receive from their well-wisher Santa Clauses aka their election investors. A large amount of this money is often spent for personal uses rather than for the election campaigning. This story goes around in most of the Caribbean islands where the opposition leaders only focus on earning money with the fake promises and assertations they make to their investors.

WIC NEWS team reached out to local people of Dominica to understand their perspective where a large number of people appeared to be upset of their representative's actions, and some even agreed to talk openly about it.

Jason Isaac from Roseau Dominica stated that Lennox Linton must apologize for his actions and he should step down from his position as the Leader of Opposition and resign as Member Parliament from the Marigot constituency. "This is bad that Mr Linton is involved in an international money scam. I do not know why he has been doing this all these years, but what I can ask today is for his resignation from all official positions he holds in the government. This is time for change and UWP (United Workers Party) deserves better leadership," he asserted.

Francis Johnson stated that he is a hardcore United Workers Party supporter who is disappointed by the actions of Lennox Linton. "United Workers Party has been losing elections since 2009 under Linton's leadership. UWP is suffering and a new leader must step up to represent the party. In every general election, the winning ratio of UWP is going down."

Another Dominican resident suggested that no person is entitled to defame their country on any level and anyone trying to make such attempts must be punished at all costs. “Mr Linton cannot deny to any of the allegations made on him as many international renowned media outlets exposed his wrongdoings. What I am concerned about is that there might be a lot more scams or frauds of Lennox Linton which still are under thick cover.”