CARIBARENA Antigua

Following a recently held retreat session of the Patriotic Democratic Movement (PDM) on Thursday February 11, group members tackled decisions on the best way forward in dealing with pertinent challenges that have been  affecting the steady flow of the organization's operations since it made a public announcement of its intended strategic planning retreat and white paper compilation sessions in January 2010.

Founding spirit of the movement Bishop Ewing Dorsett expressed that although the PDM is a non-profit organisation, due to its perceived controversial civic oriented nature, it has come under challenges in locating an affordable and suitable venue to host its members and invited guests in executing its meeting and retreat sessions.

As a consequence, the movement has been unable to adequately meet as a group to discuss important matters of the organization that needed to be addressed; in particularly, its initially intended deadlines in establishing its overall operational structure and its anticipated public announcements of white papers for discussion to address and tackle a list of social and civic issues being experienced within our twin island nation.

Bishop Dorsett continued, noting that the PDM had to move away from the its initial commercial meeting venues to seek more affordable accommodations to maintain the group's intended meeting sessions and other activities. As a result, the movement's members have been actively pursuing  an accommodating venue and has been able to secure a viable nesting place at the Silton Library on Redcliffe Street opposite the ABI Financial Group building.

The PDM has announced that with a viable location secured, it will continue its planned strategic retreat sessions and reassured the public that it is working relentlessly to launch its intended white papers for public discussions very soon.

Additionally, the PDM has expressed its keen intent in raising and addressing the festering issue, as it relates to the cleanliness and the public's perceived corrupted and padded status of the current electoral voters list being utilized by the electoral commission. As whispers of a possible by-elections continue to be murmured within and around various circles and quarters across Antigua and Barbuda; the PDM noted that it is most important that the public take very keen interest in the status of the present electoral voters list.

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At the same time, Bishop Ewing Dorsett also expressed his continued public appeal and plea for a forensic audit of the current electoral voter's list. Bishop Dorsett was a former officer of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission, who shortly at the end of the March 2009 general elections resigned and called for the resignation of his fellow electoral officers; following outcry of a tainted democratic process.

The PDM will continue its retreat sessions every Thursday, starting this Thursday, February 18, at 7 pm at the Silton Library, and extended an open invitation to ready and willing patriotic volunteers who are interested in contributing to the democratic development of our beloved Antigua and Barbuda to join up with the movement and lend their share of support. Interested volunteers can contact the PDM at 785-5796 / 462-5702 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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