CMC – The police in Dominica say they have uncovered a plot to cause unrest in the country during a protest meeting and march being organised by the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) on Sunday.
Acting police commissioner Davidson Valerie said the plot involves “people believed to be associated with the meeting to commit lawlessness and create violence during the meeting.
“Some of the threats are to procure gasolene to burn the city of Roseau. There is also a threat to create an islandwide blackout so as to facilitate the commission of illegal acts against persons, including the Minister of National Security [Rayburn Blackmoore],” the acting police chief said.
Valerie said that in the interest of national security he met with two of the organisers of the meeting, including former opposition leader, Lennox Linton, expressing his concern “regarding the inciteful comments being disseminated on social media by groups of persons believed to be associated with the meeting.
“I want to take this opportunity to state categorically there will be no tolerance of any form of unlawlessness. The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force is prepared to intervene and deal with anyone who engages in any form of disorder or lawlessness,” he warned.
