UWP Leader Lennox Linton says his party condemns the attack on Anika Charles, the former DLP candidate for the Marigot Constituency. He made that statement at a press conference on Thursday. Less than twenty-four (24) hours after being announced as a candidate at the DLP’s recent Delegate’s Conference held in Londonderry, Charles withdrew from the political race due to what Prime Minister Skerrit described as a “salacious, vicious and downright nasty campaign” which was launched against her immediately after her endorsement.
While addressing the media at the said press conference on Thursday, Linton said, “This young lady is my family. We emphasize with her; we stand with her. We condemn the attacks on her which only surfaced because she answered the call to public service”. He declared, “We are very disappointed with the speed with which she was thrown under the bus by the labour party at the same time that the labour party leader was pledging to stand by another female labour party candidate about whom certain allegations and suggestions of unsuitability were also making the rounds. The discrimination in a matter involving someone from Marigot is glaring and we cannot but take note. This is not good for Dominica. Marigot lives matter too, change is a must, it is not an option”. The UWP leader also distanced the party from the attacks made on the former DLP candidate, stating that his party “had absolutely nothing” to do with it. He said, “The Prime Minister knows for example, that it was members from his Dominica Labour Party in Marigot who launched a campaign against his chosen candidate for the Marigot constituency prior to his announcement on February 17, 2019”. Linton stated that the Prime Minister knows the controversial voice note had nothing to do with the UWP. “Yet, he maliciously put the blame on us for the unfortunate situation that affected Anika Charles and her family over the past week”. Meanwhile, UWP President, Senator Isaac Baptiste stressed that his party respects the dignity of all, and rejects all forms of character assassination, especially by politicians and their political operatives, regardless of which party they represent.
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