Dominican opposition gearing up for early elections
Published:Tuesday | September 3, 2013 | 7:42 AM
The main opposition United Workers Party in Dominica has elected talk show host Lennox Linton as its new leader.
This follows hints from Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit that a general election could come before the constitutional deadline next year.
Former Prime Minister Edison James said that the party had already selected a significant number of its candidates for the elections.
In the December 2009 general elections Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party won 18 of the 21 seats.
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