General Elections of Dominica to be held in coming 100 days 

Dominica Labour Party launched Kent Edwards as a candidate for La Plaine Constituency on Sunday. During his address to masses at the constituency, Prime Minister Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit announced that the general elections of the Commonwealth of Dominica will be held in the coming 100 days, which is 3 months and 10 days from till date. PM asked people to do the maths and be ready for the general elections.

Prime Minister emphasized on the developmental goals achieved by country under the administration of the Dominica Labour Party and he said that the work done by the party from the past 19 years cannot be questioned by anyone.

PM described Kent Edwards as a person who is not a talker but a doer. He said, “There are more than enough of talkers but we need people who can do things and Kent Edwards is not just a pharmacist but indeed a community guy and a go-to guy for the seniors and younger ones.”

“I want voters of La Plaine to vote for the best interest of La Plaine in the coming general elections." added Skerrit.

During his address Prime Minister also exposed leader of opposition Lennox Linton’s idea of the three lakes project, PM told that Linton has stolen the idea from Herzegovina lake project and he (Linton) did not even change the name of the project from Three Lakes to Rivers. “Through these actions, it can be seen that Linton is lazy and incompetent.” added Dr. Skerrit.

While targeting opposition United Labour Party (UWP) PM said that during their series of campaigns, UWP never discussed the measures through which they wish to raise new funds and boost the economy. He said, “They have not said how they would new raise funds, how they would sustain current revenue and they have not even said how they would accelerate the economy and tourism as well as other vital sectors.”

Prime Minister discussed the future goals of the Dominica Labour Party. “I led a team of public and private sector officials to Miami a few months ago to finalize plans for the introduction of a new port and cruise terminal as well as direct airlines.”

“The management of American Airlines is currently tabulating its numbers to add Dominica as an additional stop to two of its current stops in the Caribbean.” said PM.

Prime Minister also said that with the assistance of developers of the Kempinsky Hotel, Dominica will be welcoming Jet Blue in the New Year.