Dominica made clear on Friday that it will invite CARICOM, the United Nations and other multilateral bodies to observe the Dec. 6 elections, but not the OAS.
Officials on the Nature Isle were responding to the interference by the OAS Secretary-General a few days before.
Dominica’s Foreign Affairs Minister Francine Baron, who made the announcement, also explained in detail the island sophisticated electoral system and voters registration system.
“No member state has the obligation to invite the OAS to observe its electoral processes,” added Ambassador Anton E. Edmunds, St Lucia’s representative in Washington D.C., speaking on the behalf of all CARICOM state-members.
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Dominica’s opposition United Workers’ Party has been pushing the governing party to enact reforms.
On Monday night, more than 200 protesters clashed with the police when they tried to march to President Charles Savarin’s home to call for reforms.
According to new reports, the security forces set up barricades in Roseau as the protesters call for the implementation of electoral reforms, which were dictated by the Organization of American States at a meeting in August.
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has since addressed the nation to condemn the “intrusion of violence into the election campaign,” pointing out that the protesters are not demonstrating because of electoral reform, as previously reported by some sections of the media.
Skerrit also stated that the upcoming election will be governed by the same process as all elections.
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