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October 30th, 2015

Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit
Prime Minister & Minister of Finance
Financial Center
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Commonwealth of Dominica
Sir:
In light of the crisis into which our disaster affected country has been
plunged by your dangerous affiliation with an alleged Macau Crime Lord
now charged for international racketeering, money laundering and other
crimes, the members of the Parliamentary Opposition request an urgent
meeting of the Parliamentary Advisory Group on National Reconstruction.
Since the last meeting of the group on September 21st, 2015, continuing
revelations from a probe into corrupt practices at the United Nations by the
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in the US has severely tarnished the
integrity of Dominicas leadership and its capacity for good governance.
As members of Parliament elected to serve the public interest without fear
or favour affection or ill-will, we are duty bound to demand prompt
resolution of this most unfortunate state of affairs. Indeed, in the context of
the unity of purpose initiative that both sides of Parliament entered into in
the wake of Tropical Storm Erika, there is a legitimate public expectation
that together we will put Dominica first and deal decisively with any
development that compromises or negatively affects the national
reconstruction effort. The allegations of bribery and corruption under the
cover of the United Nations swirling around the leadership of Dominica at

this time represents one such development requiring immediate corrective

action to safeguard the public interest.
In the civilized world, leaders in similar situations take the honourable
course of action and resign in order to clear themselves as fit and proper for
leadership responsibility. Dominica deserves and should therefore demand
no less.
As you have disclosed, as a result of the damage caused by TS Erika,
Dominica needs 1.3 billion EC dollars to restore its infrastructure and over
90 million EC dollars for the resettlement of evacuated residents in affected
communities.
More than ever before, Dominica needs competent, focused, untainted
leadership able to secure the confidence of the development cooperation
partners in particular that will facilitate the debt forgiveness, soft loan and
grant financing needed to successfully complete the reconstruction funding
package. Given the emerging evidence of the extent to which you have
subjected our independence to the influence of an alleged crime syndicate, it
is unreasonable to expect you to effectively discharge the national leadership
responsibility for successful reconstruction at this time.
Things are going from bad to worse post Erika. Public criticisms of Cabinets
handling of the recovery and reconstruction effort so far from Cabinet
members themselves tell the regrettable story of a leadership team at war
with itself and therefore incapable of effective public service performance.
Indeed, we are heading for a major economic meltdown and catastrophic
social upheaval as a result of the failure of Cabinet under your leadership to
get the fundamentals of relief, recovery and reconstruction right.
We cannot continue down that road. We must change course. And for God
and country, we must do it now.
Accordingly, we need a special meeting of the Parliamentary Advisory Group
on National Reconstruction on or before November 6th, 2015 to deal with
following matters of growing public concern:
1. An agreement for you to step aside as Prime Minister within 30 days
pending 1) the completion of US FBI investigations into the corruption
of the United Nations by the so-called crime syndicate of NG Lap Seng;
and 2) the resolution of whatever unlawful agreements or exchanges
you may have concluded with the Head of the Macau based Sun Kian
IP Group and/or any of its subsidiaries.

2. Immediate disclosure of the agreement you signed in Macau on August

26th, 2015 with Teresa Liu of the UN South-South Cooperation Office
and NG Lap Seng of the Sun Kian IP Group Foundation
3. Immediate disclosure of the agreement under which Italian aristocrat
Paolo Zampolli joined the diplomatic staff at Dominicas permanent
mission to the United Nations and now appears to be using the august
body as cover for his murky, private dealings.
We have remained faithful in service to the common good as members of
the Parliamentary Advisory Group on National reconstruction
notwithstanding vicious public attacks on our sincerity of purpose by your
chief spokesman and legal advisor and your blatant refusal to distance
yourself from his inaccurate and highly obnoxious comments. We have noted
the routine rejection of our advice on critical elements of recovery and
reconstruction which has raised compelling public queries about the
credibility and usefulness of the initiative to work together.
Nonetheless, this request to free up the national leadership responsibility
from the compromising influence of your connection to accused international
criminals is the most serious and far-reaching advice we have offered in the
national interest to date. We expect that it will be accepted in the spirit of
love for country in which it is offered and thereby underscore the necessity
of this joint initiative for the good we are committed to do for our beloved
Dominica.
Regards,

LENNOX LINTON
Leader of the Opposition
Cc:

President Charles A Savarin

Members of Parliament