Last Updated on December 8, 2019, 12:06 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Former Prime Minister of St Kitts-Nevis and Opposition leader Dr Denzil L Douglas has extended congratulations to Roosevelt Skerrit for becoming Prime Minister of Dominica for the fourth consecutive term with “stunning and overwhelming victory” of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) in general elections.
Dr Douglas said that despite a very spirited fight, voters vindicated your leadership.
Douglas told Skerrit that he listened quite attentively to his Victory National Address which was very timely and he agrees with the tone and content, especially the initiatives outlined to calm things down, repairing leadership and national images.
Extending his full support to Skerrit Dr Douglas further said that if he in his present position and capacity can be of any help in achieving these goals, he stand ready to have an urgent conversation.
“Congratulations to all of the Dominica Labour Party, and best wishes to all the candidates who succesfully won the elections from their respective constituencies as they pursue their mandates on behalf of the electors and the people generally,” Dr Douglas said.
Preliminary results released by the Dominica Electoral Office showed the DLP led by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit have won 18 of the Caribbean nation’s 21 legislative seats in the general elections, giving the DLP an unprecedented fifth term in Dominica. Voting was conducted under heavy security following weeks of protests by opposition and legal challenges seeking electoral reform.
Security forces from neighboring islands where brought in to maintain the peace on Dominica, a former French and British colony of about 75,000 people.
The opposition United Workers’ Party lost three of its six seats. One of those was won by Melissa Skerrit, the prime minister’s wife.
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