UWP refused to attend Launch before CREAD is established by law; calls government action unconstitutional

​Leader of the United Workers Party Lennox Linton has explained why the UWP refused to attend the Launch of the Climate Resilient Executing Agency (CREAD), on 9th March 2018, at the Goodwill Parish Hall at 4pm.
 
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, explained the mission of CREAD at a CARICOM-UN High-level Pledging Conference in New York in November last year. “The mission of the agency will be to coordinate all reconstruction work to avoid duplication, maximize economies of scale, spot and fill critical gaps, avoid bureaucratic infighting and ensure all reconstruction activities are focused on a single Climate Resilient Recovery Plan developed by Dominica and its partners.”
 
He said his government sees transparency and proper financial management as extremely important and “CREAD will be required to operate to the highest standards of transparency and financial management as well as accountability and community engagement.” He said the agency will be audited externally, it will cost $3.5Million a year to operate, and a parliamentary committee will provide oversight.
 
However, Linton says the concept of CREAD is good, but the way in which it is being implemented without Parliamentary Approval is wrong.

​Leader of the United Workers Party Lennox Linton