President Savarin asks Linton to identify law allowing him to appoint a Government of National Unity

His Excellency President Charles Savarin has responded to opposition leader Lennox Linton’s call for the dismissal of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his cabinet.
 
The opposition leader had recently written an open letter, in which he called for the president to “Dismiss Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Cabinet from their Offices in the Government of Dominica. Appoint a Government of national unity within the provisions of the Constitution, and based on agreement between the political parties and civil society organizations; to do the following:
 
Run the affairs of state for the benefit of all Dominicans; criminalize the sale of diplomatic passports & the use of diplomatic immunity privileges for criminal activity; set up a Commission of Inquiry into the operations of Dominica’s Citizenship By Investment (CBI) Programme; facilitate completion of electoral reforms to ensure elections with integrity; and prepare for general elections within 12 months”.
 
In a letter addressed to the Opposition Leader, the president responded described his letter as filled with accusations and allegations against the Honorable Prime Minister and the President. He went on to challenge Linton to “bring to his attention the provisions of the Constitution or any law on which you rely, to make such a call on the President, and more particularly, which would allow the President lawfully to act as you propose.”