Dominica, it is time to stop lying to yourselves. Unity is a fairytale our people keep repeating to feel hopeful, but deep down we all know that the political landscape in ourcountry is not built on cooperation, collaboration or shared purpose, it is built on ego, power and personal ambition.
It is a delusion to believe that political parties here now need or want to work together. They do not. They never have,. and they never will. From the Dominica Labour Party to the United Workers Party, and the Freedom Party and every new colour, symbol, slogan or recycled party that pops up in between, they are all driven by the same hunger. They want the title, the PM seat, the status, the control. They cry unity in public while protecting their crowns in private. They speak about love for our country, while they chase power like starving dogs, each convinced they were born to rule.
Look at their platforms, if they even exist. Where are the written policies? Where are the white papers with their detailed plans? Where are the multi-page proposals outlining measurable change, timelines, strategies, and accountability structures? Nowhere. Because talk is cheap and empty promises and speeches are easier to forget than written-down lies.
These fly-by-night parties survive on outrage and slogans, on attacking whoever stands in their way, never offering anything tangible, never showing their work. They speak in cliches that we need to be better: “We need change,” “We need unity,” the same recycled garbage we have heard for decades, while nothing changes. They write nothing down because once you put something in writing, you can be judged by it, measured by it, held to it, and they are terrified of being held accountable for anything real.
Contrast that with the Dominica Reform Party. I do what no other “leader” has the courage or discipline to do. I put forward a written policy – real policy – not emotional slogans or vague promises.
For nine ,months, not one individual, party, lawyer, activist or political commentator has been able to dismantle my platform. Social media insults us, they try to discredit us, they attack me personally, but never the policy. Because they can not. Because what I have built is solid, researched, structured and ready.
Yet Dominicans demand answers from me, while accepting empty speeches from everyone else. Too many voters want change without responsibility, solutions without effort, progress without the basic willingness to read. And if people refuse to engage with the information in front of them, then they will continue to get exactly what they are left to vote for.
I hear your calls for unity. I have reached out to other parties, to movements, to independents. I have tried to collaborate. I extended hands and received arrogance, ego, insecurity and hostility in return. The moment I asked real questions, questions any credible leader of a party should be prepared to answer, chaos erupted. Who leads if you win? How will leadership be structured? What happens after Election Day? Some parties can not even handle these questions without falling into confusion, confrontation and resentment.
Others leaders like Dominica Freedom Party’s Interim leader since 2021, Bernard Hurtault, are so intoxicated with elitism that they dismissed the everyday citizen, the farmer, the market vendor, the mini bus driver, the very people who carry this country on their backs EVERY SINGLE DAY, as being unqualified to even think about being part of our government. That you are not smart enough to be able to make good decisions in the best interest of our country. Those same people whom he is obviously forced and reluctant to have to deal with.
These are the partyleaders that speak of unity, until unity requires sacrifice, then they slam the door shut and protect their personal fantasy of power. This is the uncomfortable truth: these political parties do not unite. Power does not share. Nobody with dreams of becoming Prime Minister is willing to step aside for the good of the country. They would rather see Dominica burn than see someone else lead it. And I have seen this play out again and again while our people cry for progress, but continue voting for noise instead of progress.
As much as I disagree with Roosevelt Skerrit, at least I know his patterns. A new, un-unified party only resets the clock, giving us a fresh cycle of naïve leadership and delayed corruption. Better the devil we know than the devil we have not met, as they sit in the shadows offering no blueprint, no preparedness, no architecture for governance.
So here is the final truth, raw and unfiltered. If Dominicans refuse to read, if they refuse to think, if they continue to vote emotionally instead of intelligently, if they continue choosing speeches over policy and protest over planning, then they will live with their consequences.
And I will not drown with them. I will not dilute our platform to make it easier to swallow. I will not pretend unity exists when the political culture here rejects it at every turn. I will not lower my standards because others have none. I have offered structure, solutions, direction and vision, openly, boldly, publicly, and if our country chooses to ignore it, then our country chooses its own suffering. I will not apologize for being prepared. I will not bend for comfort. I will not soften the truth to make it palatable. I stand documented, transparent and ready to hand the power over to our people through Direct Democracy.
