With the recent allegations published today by Kenneth Rijock’s Financial Crime Blog, a serious question must be asked: is it truly safe to openly question Roosevelt Skerrit in Dominica today? When such serious allegations surface suggesting connections between Roosevelt Skerrit and drug trafficking networks, including claims of protection, impunity, and intimidation, it changes the entire environment and poltical landscape. It creates fear. It creates risk. And it forces people to think twice before stepping forward.
So yes, when people ask, why it is a woman leader of a party, with children is not rushing to place herself front and centre, publicly and physically, this is why. No responsible parent puts their family in danger to satisfy political theatrics. When a world leader is allegedly connected to drug cartels and transnational criminal activity, caution is not weakness, it is common sense.
I am not interested in becoming a martyr. Even as a leader of a party, I will not place myselff in harm’s way simply to prove a point. I will wait until the environment is safer, until accountability mechanisms exist and until the rule of law figures out what allegations are real and not real. I refuse to become another statistic in a country already plagued by drug-related violence and fear.
This is not cowardice. This is survival. This is responsibility. And this is exactly why the conversation must shift from personalities to systems, from fear-based control to Direct Democracy, where power is returned to the people and no individual who rule through intimidation.
And since we are on the subject of cowardice, once again, the people of Dominica are met with absolute silence from the leadership of the UWP, UPP and DFP. No statements. No defence of our people. No backbone. Just crickets. Leaders, lead; they do not go quiet when injustice happens. Only opportunists do. Only cowards do.
This past week demanded courage, clarity and conviction, and every one of you chose to disappear. You watched, you calculated, and you stayed silent, hoping the storm would pass without you having to take a position. That is not leadership. That is political survival at the expense of our people.
- You want votes, but you refuse to speak.
- You want power, but you fear consequences.
- You want to be seen as defenders of rights, yet you will not even open your mouths when those rights are under threat.
And as you cannot stand publicly for Dominicans now, stop pretending you are an opposition. Because all you really are is spectators who are complicit. And as you lack the courage to lead, step aside. Get behind the Dominica Reform Party, even if you have to do it quietly, because we are the ones doing the hard work, the lifting, doing what you refuse to do.
- We are speaking when you hide.
- We are standing when you sit.
- We are fighting when you stay silent.
Do not insult the intelligence of our people by asking for their votes after abandoning them when it mattered most. History is watching, and people are remembering.
- Your silence has exposed you.
- Your inaction has defined you.
- And your time pretending to be leaders has come to an end.
For nine months, we have been talking about Roosevelt Skerritt’s deliberate sabotage of our country—about how destructive policies, neglect, and the possible tolerance of corruption have kept Dominicans trapped in poverty, insecurity, and dependency. That is why we have now taken the next step and launched a petition calling for a full, independent investigation into the conduct of Roosevelt Skerrit.
This is not reckless.
This is not theatrical.
This is accountability.
If questioning leadership feels dangerous, then the problem is not the people asking questions—the problem is the leadership itself.
