CANANEWS: Protest mounts as Dominica elects new head of state

Protest mounts as Dominica elects new head of state
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Peter Richards on 17/09/2012 10:32:00

ROSEAU, Dominica, Sept 17, CMC – Dominican legislators will elect a new head
of state on Monday with the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) urging
supporters to stage a peaceful protest outside the Parliament building.

The UWP legislators have said they will not participate in the election to
replace outgoing head of state and prominent Caribbean jurist Dr. Nicholas
Liverpool, 78, whom Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said had indicated he
wanted to step down.
But Attorney General Levi Peters, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio on
Monday, said the government was following the correct route in selecting the new
head of state.
(Details in Politics section)
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