ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) Dominica is set to elect its first female head of state when Parliament meets on September 12 to elect a replacement for President Charles Savarin, whose 10-year term in o.
ROSEAU (CMC): Dominica is set to elect its first female woman head of state when Parliament meets on September 12 to elect a replacement for President Charles Savarin, whose 10-year-term in office ends in October. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.
The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has told supporters to be prepared to take to the streets “in the not too distant future” to demand that electoral reform takes place in Dominica and renewed calls for fresh general elections on the
The situation in Dominica following the decision of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to advise the President (Dominica is a Republic) to dissolve Parliament and to call a snap election for December 6 continues to cause controversy. Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party (DLP) won the last election by 18 seats to 3 in 2019 and thus has two years to go to complete its 5-year term. However, in making the election announcement, …