Roseau, Dominica (TDN) -- The United Workers Party (UWP) is calling on the Dominica government to clear the air over the country’s recent participation at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Speaking at a news conference in Roseau, candidate designate for the Grand Fond constituency Dr Thomson Fontaine lamented the significant level of negative international press, which the country has attracted.
The allegation and negative press surround the participation of two Olympians Gary and Angelica di Silvestri a husband and wife team from New York and Italy respectively who represented Dominica at the games.
The Di Silvestris informed the world that they were invited to become Dominican citizens after making charitable contributions to Dominica including for the construction of a children’s hospital.
“In light of the continuing damage being done to Dominica’s image overseas, the United Workers Party calls on the Roosevelt Skerrit government to:
1. “Inform the Dominican public what steps if any are being taken to reverse the negative effects of the Sochi scandal on Dominica’s image in the international community, including but not limited to remedial actions to address the willful involvement of Dominica in an act of fraud against the International Olympic Committee;
2. “Disclose truthfully and completely when and how much was paid by the Di Silvestri’s for their citizenship and the particulars of the regular and/or diplomatic passports issued to them;
4. “Reveal to the Dominican public the procedures that were followed in getting the Di Silvestri’s to participate at the Winter Games.”
“The UWP feels that it is important for the public and the world to understand the complete story surrounding Dominica’s participation and that measures be put in place to ensure that we do not have a similar occurrence in the future,” the statement concluded.
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