For the benefit of those who are too young to remember and for
those including the historians who feign convenient amnesia as political expedience, please be aware that after the devastation by Hurricane
David in 1979 ,Dominica launched a very successful coconut rehabilitation program. It was due to
conscientious government oversight that the coconut rehabilitation program of
the 1980’s yielded great results. We saw the growth and rapid development of
Dominica Coconut Products Limited (DCP), which was then sold to Colgate Palmolive.
Farmers had the distinct pleasure of either selling their coconuts to DCP, Colgate Palmolive or
even exporting the raw coconuts to the reginal markets.
Before we unleash the details of yet another” Hall Of Shame ” dumping occurrence within the Roosevelt Skerrit
administration, it is also important
that we remind Dominicans of our reports on the buried coffee beans and the
discarded potato seed fiasco that costed tax payers over 10 million dollars.
In a desperate effort to jump start a desultorily planned coffee factory that was donated by the late
Hugo Chavez , the Roosevelt Skerrit administration imported almost 5 million dollars’
worth of coffee beans in order to fire up the roasters at the coffee factory in
One Mile Portsmouth. Up to today not one coffee bean has ever been roasted at
the One Mile Coffee factory and the container loads of imported coffee beans
were clandestinely and irresponsibly buried in the back of the coffee factory.
Container loads of potato seeds meant for the development of potato farming
were also discarded due to government mismanagement and corruption.  |
| Coconut Plants |
Now let’s hear senior counsel Wee
Wee Pequinio and despicable Clarence Christian blame innocent people for yet
another snafu, as the Roosevelt Skerrit government is about to dump two
container loads of coconut plants which were purchased from public funds. We
are asking the patriotic people of Dominica to keep their cell phone in camera
mode as the dumping date is carded for Thursday August 2 ND. We have received
reports that the Ministry Of Agriculture’s Reginald Thomas and Ricky Brumant(Frick and Frack) have been trying to
figure out how to get rid of the coconut plants such that the public remain in total
oblivion. From all indication Frick and
Frack have decided to burn the
plants somewhere at the Landfill. In preparation for the disposal procedure the two 40 feet containers were taken from the
port and placed somewhere in Canfield and so the patriots with their recording
devices must be on the lookout for two 40 feet containers coming out of
Canefield heading towards the Landfill. Unless
MiTC reporting alters their plans.
We understand that the plants were purchased under the cover of hurricane relief however procurement protocol and quality assurance system were not adhered to. According to our sources the imported coconut plants do not comply with the phytosanitary import requirements and therefore do not have a Phytosanitary Certificate. The coconut plants as reported are not just considered prohibited but are also defective.
We understand that the plants were purchased under the cover of hurricane relief however procurement protocol and quality assurance system were not adhered to. According to our sources the imported coconut plants do not comply with the phytosanitary import requirements and therefore do not have a Phytosanitary Certificate. The coconut plants as reported are not just considered prohibited but are also defective.
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| Where is that 1Million Skerrit |
It is also our understanding that in addition to the strong stance
taken by the plant protection department against the use of the illicit coconut
plants , the farmers themselves have shown very little interest in planting coconuts,
as coconut trees generally start producing after 5-6 years. Also with the
threat of more severe and frequent storms there is elevated risk in long term
crop investment. With the threatening extinction of coconut farming in Dominica
the patriots of Dominica must begin to demand
some accountability for the $1Million check that was given to Ivor Nassief for
the reinstatement of Dominica Coconut Product manufacturing.
There are swirling allegations that the coconut plants may have
been purchased through an under-table transaction and that the entire
procurement process bare the resemblance of the garbage bin bobol. We must
state though that we do not have the evidence to suggest that there were under
the table deals however we know for a
fact that due process and protocol were ignored.We took some time to speak to a few agricultural professionals who have expressed concerns with the way in which the government decided to approach a coconut rehabilitation program. It is suggested that the coconut plants could have been obtained from the farmers in Dominica as opposed to sourcing the plants out of Mexico. As stated by the professionals, the hurricane may have destroyed many coconut trees but the actual coconut plants remain and may be so in abundance. Such was the case after hurricane David. It was also stated that the indigenous coconut plants would be much more resistant than that which was imported.
The severe incompetence and callousness that continues to emerge from
the Roosevelt Skerrit administration is not justy because of mass corruption and misplaced puppets in high offices, it is also as a result of a
corrosive civil society where many in the intelligentsia continue to perpetuate
intellectual dishonesty. The institutions responsible for civic and moral
guidance, the church and media are also way too busy engaged in myopic
pretense. What we have in Dominica is a government administration that is
brutally disingenuous and unanswerable to the people that they serve. MiTC reported on the disgraceful dumping
of millions of dollars’ worth of coffee beans and potato seeds and the
government has remain guilty yet audacious in their continuous betrayal of
public trust. Today not one media house in Dominica has demanded answers from
the government and its misplaced puppets in high offices; not one question
asked about the Coffee beans let alone the white elephant coffee factory in One
Mile.
We do not expect a different reaction from civil society on yet
another loathsome waste by the Roosevelt Skerrit administration. What we do
expect though is that the silence of the people will be represented as consent
for a reprobate government administration to keep going from bad to worse,
corruption to despotism and an unrelenting attempt at keeping the people poor ,
dependent and bamboozled.
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